calingula
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Tamil கலிங்கல் (kaliṅkal).
Noun
calingula (plural calingulas)
- (India, archaic) A sluice or escape in irrigation works.
References
- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “calingula”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].