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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconKārmukam (கார்முகம்) noun < kārmuka.
1. Bow; வில். கார்முகங் கான்ற . . . விசிகம் [vil. karmugang kanra . . . visigam] (ஞானாமிர்தம் [gnanamirtham] 20, 19).
2. Bow for cleaning cotton; பஞ்சதந்திரப் பாடற்ு கொட்டும் வில். கார்முகம் வீசிட மாசறு துவட்பஞ்சதந்திரப் பாடற்ு [panchu kottum vil. karmugam visida masaru thuvadpanchu] (திருப்புகழ் [thiruppugazh] 44).
3. Bamboo; மூங்கில். (வைத்திய மலையகராதி) [mungil. (vaithiya malaiyagarathi)]
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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