பொங்கல்

பொங்கு (poṅku) +‎ -அல் (-al).

• IPA^(key): /pɔŋɡɐl/

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பொங்கல் • (poṅkal)

1. Gerund of பொங்கு (poṅku, “to increase, bubble, boil”)

பொங்கல் • (poṅkal)

1. (Hinduism) Pongal, a solar harvest festival celebrated in the first day of the Tamil month தை (tai), when the sun happens to enter capricorn and take a northern course, during which Pongal (the dish) is prepared as an offering to Sun.

   இனிய பொங்கல் நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்

   iṉiya poṅkal nalvāḻttukkaḷ

   Happy Pongal

• → English: Pongal

பொங்கல் • (poṅkal)

1. pongal (a preparation of boiled rice seasoned with salt, pepper, cumin seeds and ghee)
2. boiling, bubbling, ebbing, swelling, leaping
3. violent anger
4. largeness
5. (rare) height
6. fulness, abundance, excess, profusion
7. bloom, splendor
8. (rare) toddy

• → English: pongal

• “பொங்கல்”, in அகராதி - தமிழ்-ஆங்கில அகரமுதலி [Agarathi - Tamil-English-Tamil Dictionary], Kilpauk, Chennai, India: Orthosie, 2023