காரம்

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• IPA^(key): /kaːɾam/

Derived from Sanskrit क्षार (kṣāra, “corrosive, acid, saline”), from the root क्षर् (kṣar). Compare கார் (kār). Cognate with Telugu కారము (kāramu).

காரம் • (kāram)

1. spiciness, pungency, anything hot or biting

   Synonyms: கார்ப்பு (kārppu), உறைப்பு (uṟaippu)

2. potash
3. something caustic, anything that burns
4. anger
5. mordant, alum, lye, borax
6. gold

காரம் • (kāram)

1. a particle added to the names of vowels and of certain compound letters

   e.g., அகாரம் (akāram, the letter அ (a)), உகாரம் (ukāram, the letter உ (u))

• University of Madras (1924–1936) “காரம்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
• Johann Philipp Fabricius (1972) “காரம்”, in Tamil and English Dictionary, Tranquebar: Evangelical Lutheran Mission Pub. House