Vitivilakku, Viṭiviḷakku, Viti-vilakku: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Viṭiviḷakku (விடிவிளக்கு) [viṭi-viḷakku] noun < விடி² [vidi²] +. Lamp that burns till break of day; விடியும் வரை எரியுந் தீபம். [vidiyum varai eriyun thipam.] (சிலப்பதிகாரம் அரும்பதவுரை [silappathigaram arumbathavurai] 6, 143, அரும். [arum.])

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Vitivilakku (விதிவிலக்கு) [viti-vilakku] noun < idem. +.

1. Injunction and prohibition; விதித்தலும் விலக்கலும். [vithithalum vilakkalum.]

2. (Grammar) Exception to the rule; that which is excluded by the rule; விதிக்கு விலக்கைக்கூறுஞ் சூதசங்கிதை்திரம். [vithikku vilakkaikkurugn suthiram.]

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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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