பொங்கல்

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

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பொங்கல் • (poṅkal)

1. pongal, a preparation of boiled rice seasoned with salt, pepper, cumin seeds and ghee
2. (Hinduism) solar festival when the sun enters capricorn and takes a northern course, being the first day of the Tamil month Tai during which Pongal is prepared as an offering

பொங்கல் • (poṅkal)

1. gerund of பொங்கு (poṅku)
2. boiling, bubbling, ebbing, swelling, leaping
3. violent anger
4. height
5. largeness
6. fulness, abundance, excess, profusion
7. bloom, splendor
8. toddy

• Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “பொங்கல்”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]