Etymology

talipot

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Today it means: A tall palm tree, Corypha umbraculifera, from Sri Lanka and southern India, having very large leaves which were used as a material to write on. Full definition →

Sinhalese [script needed] ← Malayalam [script needed] ← Sanskrit [Term?]
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  1. Sanskrit · derived from[Term?]
  2. Malayalam · derived from[script needed]
  3. Sinhalese · borrowed from[script needed]
  4. English todaytalipot

Borrowed from Sinhalese [script needed] (talapata), Malayalam [script needed] (tālipat), from Sanskrit [Term?].

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