வாரம்

Tamil

Etymology

From Proto-Dravidian [Term?] (“rent of land; share of crop”). Compare Malayalam വാരം (vāraṃ), Kannada ವಾರ (vāra), Telugu వారకము (vārakamu).

Noun

வாரம் • (vāram)

week
Synonym: கிழமை (kiḻamai)
part, share (e.g. of a crop)
lease or rent of land

References

Thomas Burrow; Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984), “vāram”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford [Oxfordshire]: Clarendon Press

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