தொலைபேசி

Tamil

Etymology

தொலை (tolai, “remote, distant, tele-”) +‎ பேசு (pēcu, “to speak”) +‎ -இ (-i, “machine”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t̪olaɪ̯peːsi/, [t̪olɐɪ̯peːsi]
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Noun

தொலைபேசி • (tolaipēci)

telephone

See also

அலைபேசி (alaipēci)
கைப்பேசி (kaippēci)

References

David W. McAlpin (1981), “தொலைபேசி”, in A Core Vocabulary for Tamil, Philadelphia: Dept. of South Asia Regional Studies, University of Pennsylvania, page 54
S. Ramakrishnan (1992), “தொலைபேசி”, in தற்காலத் தமிழ் அகராதி [Dictionary of Contemporary Tamil] (in Tamil), Madras: Cre-A Publishers, page 590

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