![]() ![]() had similar sounding words which indicated metal alloy of zinc, tin, copper (barado, bharata), unsmelted metal (kund), iron (ib), smelter (kol), worker in wood and metal (badhi), furnace account (kand kanka), furnace (bata), smelter-furnace (kuti), smith (khar), metal-alloy (aya). These pictographs were chosen because the words which signified the bull, zebu etc. ʻ back, pubes ʼ(CDIAL 2670) Hieroglyph: mlekh 'goat' Rebus: milakkhu 'copper' mleccha 'copper' The mleccha words of metalwork were written down using 500 pictographs such as a bull (barad), zebu (khunt), elephant (ibha), tiger (kol), boar (badhi), rim of jar (kand kanka), rimless pot (bata), tree (kuti), crocodile (kara), fish (aya). ʻ bone shaped like a bamboo ʼ, karaṁḍuya - n. ʻ wicker or metal box ʼ,(CDIAL 2792) Allograph: Pk. ʻ back, pubes ʼ(CDIAL 2670) Hieroglyph: mlekh 'goat' Rebus: milakkhu 'copper' mleccha 'copper' Hieroglyph: करडूं or करडें (p. 117 antelope sun motifHieroglyph: arka 'sun' Rebus: arka 'copper' (Kannada) eraka 'moltencast copper'(Tulu) அருக்கம்¹ arukkam, n.
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