புகைவண்டி

Compound of புகை (pukai, “smoke”) +‎ வண்டி (vaṇṭi, “carriage, vehicle”). Cognate with Kannada ಹೊಗೆಬಂಡಿ (hogebaṇḍi), Telugu పొగబండి (pogabaṇḍi).

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• IPA^(key): /puɡaiʋaɳɖi/

புகைவண்டி • (pukaivaṇṭi)

1. train

   Synonym: தொடர்வண்டி (toṭarvaṇṭi)

McAlpin categorizes this word as "High Literary Tamil", instead offering ரயில் (rayil) and இரயில் (irayil) as "Modern Literary Tamil" and ரயிலு (rayilu) as a colloquial equivalent used in spoken language.

• University of Madras (1924–1936) “புகைவண்டி”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras : Diocesan Press, page 2745
• David W. McAlpin (1981) “புகைவண்டி”, in A Core Vocabulary for Tamil, Philadelphia: Dept. of South Asia Regional Studies, University of Pennsylvania, page 62
• S. Ramakrishnan (1992) “புகைவண்டி”, in தற்காலத் தமிழ் அகராதி [Dictionary of Contemporary Tamil] (in Tamil), Madras: Cre-A Publishers, page 740