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From தேர் (tēr) + -ச்சி (-cci).
தேர்ச்சி • (tērcci)
- examination, investigation
- learning
- discernment, ascertainment
- deliberation, council
- experience
- University of Madras (1924–1936) “தேர்ச்சி”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press