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pollam

pollam noun: a district in India held in feudal tenure by a poligar.

Noun

pollam (plural pollams)

  1. A district in India held in feudal tenure by a poligar.
    • Of the tracts situated in the Southern Carnatic, consisting of Tinnevelly and the Manapar pollams, and the two Marawars of Ramnad and Shevagunga, and the western pollams, the Madras presidency had collected the tribute since 1792.1828, The East Indian gazetteer, volume 1, page 363

Forms of pollam

pluralpollams

Origin of pollam

Borrowed from Tamil பாளையம் (pāḷaiyam), from Sanskrit प्लयति (playati, “he guards”), probably akin to Sanskrit पिपर्ति (piparti, “he brings over, rescues”).

Questions about pollam

What does pollam mean?
Pollam means a district in India held in feudal tenure by a poligar.
What part of speech is pollam?
Pollam is a noun.
What is the plural of pollam?
The plural of pollam is pollams.

Words near pollam in the dictionary

  1. pollages
  2. Pollak
  3. pollakiuria
  4. pollakiurias
  5. Pollaks
  6. pollam
  7. pollams
  8. pollan
  9. Pollanen
  10. pollankan
  11. pollankans

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