Kalappatam, Kalappaṭam, Kala-patam, Kāḷapatam: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kalappaṭam (கலப்படம்) [kala-paṭam] noun < Telugu kala-paḍamu. Mixture; adulteration; கலப்புள்ளது. இந்தநெய் கலப்படமானது. [kalappullathu. inthaney kalappadamanathu.] Local usage

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Kāḷapatam (காளபதம்) [kāḷa-patam] noun probably from kāla +. Blue rock pigeon, as black-footed. See மாடப்புறா. (திவா.) [madappura. (thiva.)]

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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