hyphen
‘a short stroke joining two parts of a compound word’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
La.Lat. hyphen < Gk. hyphen ‘mark joining two syllables or words’ < hypo ‘under’ + hen < heis ‘one’< haif < upo < Tamil uppu
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Technical words derived from 'hyphen'
soft hyphen - மென் இடைக்கோடு; hard hyphen - வன் இணைக்குறி; fungal hyphen - பூஞ்சை இழை.
English words derived from Tamil uppu meaning 'rising'