அக்கி

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அக்கி (transliteration needed)

1. rice; husked rice
2. millet grain

• Hockings, Paul (1992) “akki”, in A Badaga-English Dictionary‎^[1], Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 4

Borrowed from Prakrit 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀺 (aggi), from Sanskrit अग्नि (agni, “fire”). Compare with doublet அக்கினி (akkiṉi).

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• IPA^(key): /ɐkːɪ/, [ɐkːi]

அக்கி • (akki)

1. fire
2. (Hinduism) Agni, the god of fire
3. heat
4. herpes
5. erysipelas

• தீ (tī)
• நெருப்பு (neruppu)
• அக்கினி (akkiṉi)

• University of Madras (1924–1936) “அக்கி”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press