Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fief; a district held by a poligar.
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- noun a district in
India held in feudal tenure by a poligar
Etymologies
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Tamil paiyam, from Sanskrit playati "he guards"; probably akin to Sanskrit piparti "he brings over", rescues
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Examples
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This object required a command of money; and there was no pollam, or castle, which in the happy days of the Carnatic was without some hoard of treasure, by which the governors were enabled to combat with the irregularity of the seasons, and to resist or to buy off the invasion of an enemy.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763
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Trcaghdam, toll, im, pollam, tea - dham no imthij; him tluid a ftea; K. PeniciUum, Pyntr; Tyi'u, kadaA;
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