taliera

noun

tal·​i·​era

ˌtalēˈerə

plural -s

: book palm

Word History

Etymology

Bengali tāliera, from Sanskrit tālī, from tāla palmyra palm, of Dravidian origin; akin to Kanarese tār̤ palm

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