English
anicut
Anicut comes from Tamil அணைக்கட்டு ‘dam for regulating the flow of an irrigation…’.
- Tamilmodernஅணைக்கட்டுaṇaikkaṭṭu‘dam for regulating the flow of an irrigation channel’
- Englishtodayanicut
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Tamilmodernஅணைக்கட்டுaṇaikkaṭṭu‘dam for regulating the flow of an irrigation channel’
- Englishtodayanicut
A compound of அணை + கட்டு
The story
Also compare Kannada ಅಣೆಕಟ್ಟು (aṇekaṭṭu) with the same construction.
Every English word from Tamil அணைக்கட்டு
Today it means
noun A dam built in a stream for maintaining and regulating irrigation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Tamil அணைக்கட்டு / anicut