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					Originally Posted by ariel
					
				 
				Fully agree with the latter. 
 As to the former.. Would love to believe that 's  the case, but still have an uneasy feeling of uncertainty. 
			
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 Pichangatti apparently means "hand knife" (Egerton). As the Tamil Word for knife is katti, the word pichangatti doesn't seem related to bıçak.
Andreas