korakan

noun

ko·​ra·​kan

ˈkōrəˌkän

variants or kurakkan

ˈku̇rəˌkän

plural -s

: ragi

Word History

Etymology

Tamil kurakkaṉ, from Sinhalese kurakkan ragi

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