PLACES IN TAN J ORE. 



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Place-names indicating Race, Tribe, Caste, and Religion of the 

 People — (Continued) . 



Seniyan . . Weaver. 

 Settiyan . . Chetty, merchant. 

 Svami . . Lord. 

 Tadan . . Vaishnava mendi- 

 cant. 



Tehmgan. Telugu. 

 TevadiyaL Slave, =' Dasi.' 



% Tulukkan. Turk. 



$ Vadugan.. Northerner. 



Valaiyan.. (Bird-) netter, 

 Vanniyan. (Caste) title. 



% Vellalan . . Tamil agricul- 



turist. 



f Vettiyan. (Grave-) digger. 



*N. 

 IN. 



fS. 



Words commonly affixed or prefixed to proper names of places, 

 meaning abode, enclosure, hamlet, village, town, 8fc. 



f | fN. -pakkam. f§ 



&c. 



ts. 



t 



:n.e. 

 ts.w. 



ts. 



&c. 



-agaram. 

 -bakam. 

 -cheri. 

 -gudi. 

 -kad. 

 -kadai. 

 -kollai. 

 -kottai. 

 kovil. 

 -kudi. 

 kudikkad. 

 -kulam. 

 -kuppam. 

 -kurichi. 

 -mangalam. 

 -nad. 

 -nallur. 

 -nattam. 

 -nellur. 

 -nilam. 



Ci O 



fE. 



+ 



tw. 



# 



*N. 



tt 

 fS. 



*N. 



fS. 



-pakkam. 

 Pattacheri. 

 -pattanam. 

 -patti. 

 -pattu. 

 -pettai. 

 Putt-ur. 

 -pulam. 

 Pundi. 

 -puram. 

 -tangal. 

 -teru(vu). 

 -toppu. 

 -tottam. 

 -ur. 



-vanam. 



-vasal. 



-vattam. 



-veji. 



-veii. 



-viduti. 



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Place-names that appear to be more or less peculiar to the Tanjore 

 District, or unusually frequent there. 



Agara- 



-agaram 



Agraram 



Akaram 



Aiyanar 



Alangudi 



Alattur 



As in Agaraputtur. 

 Puttagaram. 



for Agraharam, a village, quarter (of a town) 



or street of Brahmans. 

 the S. I. demon king. 

 ? banyan hamlet, 

 banyan village. 



* Signifies that the name is found only or chiefly in the delta, 

 t Do. do. do. outside the delta, 



i Signifies that it is rare. 



N., E., S.VV. The cardinal direction in which it mainly occurs with 

 reference to the centere of the delta. 



A hyphen prefixed indicates a suffix ; affixed, a prefix. 



