Valittal: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Valittal (வலித்தல்) noun < வலி³-. [vali³-.] (Grammar) A poetic licence which consists in the change of a soft consonant into a hard one, one of six ceyyuḷ-vikāram, q.v.; செய்யுள்விகாரம் ஆறனுள் மெல்லொற்றை வல்லொற்றாக மாற்றுகை. [seyyulvigaram aranul mellorrai vallorraga marrugai.] (நன். [nan.] 155.)

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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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