கல்வெட்டு

Tamil

Etymology

From கல் (kal, “stone”) +‎ வெட்டு (veṭṭu, “cutting, engraving”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kalʋeʈːɯ/
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Noun

கல்வெட்டு • (kalveṭṭu)

  1. inscription on stone, slab, tablet
  2. (figurative) unalterable word, (as if engraved in stone)
  3. stanza commemorative of the date of death of an ancestor
  4. elegy

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