Exploring Tamil culture through the lens of etymology - DTNext.in

2021-12-29 06:23:20 By : Mr. Andy Tian

We’ve heard people swear, ‘Avan salli kaasukkum prayojanam illa’ (he is not worth even a penny). But not many know that the word salli is the Tamil equivalent of ‘phooti cowrie’, which incidentally was just seashells used as currency.

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