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anicut.

A dam built in a stream for maintaining and regulating irrigation.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A dam built in a stream for maintaining and regulating irrigation.

    India · South
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Tamil அணைக்கட்டு (aṇaikkaṭṭu, “dam for regulating the flow of an irrigation channel”), from அணை (aṇai) + கட்டு (kaṭṭu). Also compare Kannada ಅಣೆಕಟ್ಟು (aṇekaṭṭu) with the same construction.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.