Etymology

coracan

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Today it means: Finger millet (Eleusine coracana). Full definition →

Tamil குரக்கன் ← Sinhalese කුරක්කං
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The story

  1. Sinhalese · derived fromකුරක්කං
  2. Tamil · derived fromகுரக்கன்
  3. English todaycoracan

From Sri Lankan Tamil குரக்கன் (kurakkaṉ), which is cognate with, if not from, Sinhalese කුරක්කං (kurakkaṁ).

Words from the same roots

Tamilகுரக்கன் all →

coracan millet

Sinhaleseකුරක්කං all →

coracan millet

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