கல்வெட்டு
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Tamil
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From கல் (kal, “stone”) + வெட்டு (veṭṭu, “cutting, engraving”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]கல்வெட்டு • (kalveṭṭu)
- inscription on stone, slab, tablet
- (figurative) unalterable word, (as if engraved in stone)
- stanza commemorative of the date of death of an ancestor
- elegy
Derived terms
[edit]- கல்வெட்டியல் (kalveṭṭiyal)
References
[edit]- University of Madras (1924–1936) “கல்வெட்டு”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press