வலது

Tamil

Etymology

Compare வலம் (valam). Cognate with Malayalam വലത് (valatŭ) and Kannada ಬಲ (bala).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɐlɐd̪ʊ/, [ʋɐlɐd̪ɯ]

Noun

வலது • (valatu)

1. right (direction)

   Antonym: இடது (iṭatu)

References

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