Karatikai, Karaṭikai, Kaṟaṭikai: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconKaraṭikai (கரடிகை) noun < கரடி¹. [karadi¹.] A kind of drum, producing a sound similar to the growling of a bear; கரடி கத்தினாற்போலும் ஓசையுடைய பறைவகை. [karadi kathinarpolum osaiyudaiya paraivagai.] (சிலப்பதிகாரம் அரும்பதவுரை [silappathigaram arumbathavurai] 3, 27, உரை. [urai.])
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Kaṟaṭikai (கறடிகை) noun cf. கறண்டிகை. [karandigai.] Component part of an ornament, as of a crown bracelet or anklet; ஓர் ஆபரணவுறுப்பு. முத்தின் சூடகமொன்றில் . . . கறடிகை ஆறும் [or aparanavuruppu. muthin sudagamonril . . . karadigai arum] (S.I.I. ii, 211).
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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