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standard books nowadays to introduce wy, (A, Aa)? Hence we can give a mew name as (Annil Aatu Varisai) HAND 9 auflongs as we have the Alphabetical order in English ; or in short we can call it as 4, 4 aiflme (A, Aa Varisai). Its condensed name is (Akara Varisai or Akara order) #27 sflme. Hence the book wherein the words are arranged in son) 99 aflame (Anni! Aatu order) and thier meanings are given is called as as77 (Akaraathi), We call this as dictionary in English.

Meaning of the Art of Dictionary :

The dictionary that began to give the meaning of words took many shapes in course of time, The following are a

few of them:

1. Dictionaries that tell the origin of words, its form in the spoken form or in poetry, the name of the book wherein it is used, its subdivision in that book and the number of the poem etc., in addition to give meanings of words.

2. Special dictionaries that teil about things like electricity, Machines, etc., and about some specific industries like agriculture, with thcir meanings

and origin.

3. Dictionaries that tell about the dialects in the Alphabetical order with the words used in various regions as different from the pronunciation in the words in the literary form.

4. Dictionaries that give in the beginning or at the end of a particular book the First line of the poems in the alphabetical order ; some may give the contents of the topics in the book.