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Arippu, Kal-ariccal

அரிப்பு, கல்-அரிச்சல்
Arippu, Kal-ariccal

Arippu
Kal+ariccal

The eroded place

The stony or rocky eroded place

Arippu	erosion; from Ari: (verb) to cut off, nib off (Tamil, DED 212)
Ariccal	erosion; from Ari: (verb) to cut off, nib off (Tamil, DED 212); Aricca-muṉai: eroded point, name of the tip of Rameswaram Island in Tamil Nadu

Arippu and Ariccal are variants in Tamil place names, meaning an eroded place or a place that is being eroded.

They are verbal nouns coming from the verb root Ari, meaning to cut off or nib off in Tamil/ Dravidian (DED 212).

A place name, Aricca-muṉai, for the eroded tip of the Rameswaram Island in Tamil Nadu may be compared here.

Arippuva is the Sinhalicised form noticed in the Puttalam district.

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Arippu is a place at the mouth of Aruvi-āṟu River, in Musali division of Mannaar district.

Kal-ariccal is in Sammanthurai division of Amparai district

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Some related place names:

Arippu:

Sem-arippuva: Kakkapalliya, Chilaapam division, Puttalam district

Pomparippu: Wilpattu forest, Puttalam district

Kūtārippuva: Udabaddawa division, Kurunegala district

Kaḷuvārippuva: Divulapitiya division, Gampaha district

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Ariccal:

Periya-ariccal: The bigger part of the eroded place village; Kalpitti division, Puttalam district

Ciṉṉa-ariccal: The smaller part of the eroded place village; Kalpitti division, Puttalam district

First published: Friday, 24 June 2016, 20:13