பவுன்

Tamil

Etymology

Borrowed from English pound. Cognate with Malayalam പവൻ (pavaṉ).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /paʋun/

Noun

பவுன் • (pavuṉ)

1. a measurement of 8 grams of gold
2. gold
3. Pound sterling, sovereign

References

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