தகரம்

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Tamil

Chemical element
Sn
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Etymology

Cognate with Telugu తగరము (tagaramu), Kannada ತಗರಂ (tagaraṃ), Malayalam തകരം (takaraṁ).

Pronunciation

Noun

தகரம் (takaram)

  1. tin; a chemical element with atomic number fifty.
    Synonym: வெள்ளீயம் (veḷḷīyam)
  2. white lead

Descendants

  • Thai: ตะกั่ว (dtà-gùua)

References

  • University of Madras (1924–1936) “தகரம்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras : Diocesan Press