ABBREVIATIONS THE ETYMOLOGIES AND DEFINITIONS IN THE TAMIL LEXICON


abbrev. ...

abbreviation

Cm. ... Coimbatore
abl. ... ablative cm ... Coimbatore usage
abst. ... abstract co ... coorgee
accg. ... according coll. ... collective
adj. ... adjectival colloq. ... colloquial
adj ... adjective colloq. ... colloquial
adv. ... adverb Conj. ... Conjunctional
(Advaita.) ... Advaita Philosophy contrac. ... contraction
affirm. ... affirmative corr ... Corruption
(Akap.) ... Akapporu˜ cr. ... creeper
(Alch.) ... Alchemy Ct. ... Chittoor usage
ƒ‹aimalai. ... ƒ‹aimalai usage dat. ... dative
apple ... appellative demons. ... Demonstrative
Arab. ... Arabic demonstr. ... Demonstrative
(Arch.) ...

Architecture

Dial. ... Dialectal
(Arith.) ... Arithmetic Dist. ... District
(Astron.) ... Astrology dist.fr ... distinct from
(Astron.) ... Astronomy Dut. ... Dutch
(Atheistic.) ... Atheist Philosophy E. ... East
Bharata. ... Bharata usage E. (after the ...
Bible ... Bible usage mark <) ... English
(Bot.) ... Botany e.g. ... for example
Brƒh. ... Bhƒhmin usage Ed. ... Edition
Braz. ... Brazilian (Engin) ... Engineering
(Buddh.) ... Buddhistic Philosophy ellipt. ... elliptically
Bur. ... Burmese (Erot.) ... erotics
C. ... Century esp. ... especially
c.N. ... Che--i Nƒ–—u usage euphem. ... euphemistically
cant. ... Cant term expl. ... expletive
Caus ... Causative expr. ... expression
Cd. ... Cud dappah fam. ... familiar
cd. ... Cuddappah usage Fem. ... Feminine
cempatava. ... Cempatavar usage (Fig.) ... Figurative
Cent ... century fig. ... figuratively
ceylon. ... Ceylon usage fin.In. ... finite verb
cf. ... compare Fr. ... French
C.g ... Chingleput Fr.In. ... French India usage
c.g ... Chingleput usage Fri. ... Friday
child. ... childres's usage Ft. ... Footnote
Chin. ... Chinese fut ... future tense
Chr. ... Christian usage G. ... Gondi
cir. ... circum (about) Gen. ... Genitive
cl. ... climber genlly. ... generally
Ger. ... German


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