அளம்

Tamil

Etymology

Cognate with Malayalam അളം (aḷaṁ). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐɭɐm/

Noun

அளம் • (aḷam)

1. salt pan

   Synonym: உப்பளம் (uppaḷam)

2. saline soil

   Synonym: களர்நிலம் (kaḷarnilam)

3. density, closeness

   Synonym: செறிவு (ceṟivu)

4. maritime tract

References

• Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “அளம்”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]