தொலைநோக்கி

தொலைநோக்கி

Tamil

Etymology

தொலை (tolai, “distance, tele-”) +‎ நோக்கு (nōkku, “look, view”) +‎ -இ (-i, “-er; indicating the involvement of another device or person”)

Noun

தொலைநோக்கி • (tolainōkki)

1. telescope, binoculars
2. (Singapore) television

   Synonym: தொலைக்காட்சி (tolaikkāṭci)

References

• S. Ramakrishnan (1992), “தொலைநோக்கி”, in தற்காலத் தமிழ் அகராதி [Dictionary of Contemporary Tamil] (in Tamil), Madras: Cre-A Publishers, page 590
• Schiffman, Harold F. (2008-01), “The Ausbau issue in the Dravidian languages: the case of Tamil and the problem of purism”, in International Journal of the Sociology of Language‎, volume 2008, issue 191, DOI:10.1515/IJSL.2008.024, ISSN 0165-2516, page 8-9