Etymology

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Today it means: palm leaves, prepared for being written upon with a steel-tipped stylus Full definition →

Tamil ஓலை
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The story

  1. Tamil · borrowed fromஓலை
  2. English todayolay

From Tamil ஓலை (ōlai).

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