Vellalan, Veḷḷāḻaṉ, Veḷḷāḷaṉ: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconVeḷḷāḻaṉ (வெள்ளாழன்) noun See வெள்ளாளன். [vellalan.] (W.)
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Veḷḷāḷaṉ (வெள்ளாளன்) noun Corr. of வேளாளன். [velalan.] [Malayalam: veḷḷāḷan.] Man of the Vēḷāḷa caste; வேளாளமரபினன். [velalamarapinan.] (தொல். எழுத். [thol. ezhuth.] 338, உரை. [urai.])
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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