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English

Pillayar Suzhi

Pillayar Suzhi comes from Tamil பிள்ளையார் சுழி ‘Pillayar Suzhi, a sacred symbol’.

  1. Tamilmodernபிள்ளையார் சுழிpiḷḷaiyār cuḻi‘Pillayar Suzhi, a sacred symbol’
  2. EnglishtodayPillayar Suzhi

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Tamilmodernபிள்ளையார் சுழிpiḷḷaiyār cuḻi‘Pillayar Suzhi, a sacred symbol’
  2. EnglishtodayPillayar Suzhi

Today it means

noun a sacred symbol, used by Hindus in South India and Sri Lanka to draw it at beginning of diaries, notebooks, etc. before writing anything new.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Tamil பிள்ளையார் சுழி / Pillayar Suzhi