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The List of Tamil Proverbs consists of some of the commonly used by Tamil people and their diaspora all over the world. [1] There were thousands and thousands of proverbs were used by Tamil people, it is harder to list all in one single article, the list shows a few proverbs.
For example, it mentions the town of Cholanadu and states that the inhabitants there eat meat and drink liquor, states Zvelebil. [2] According to Chelliah, this poem suggests that the 2nd-century Tamil society ate meat, and the shift to vegetarian lifestyle happened in later centuries. [ 10 ]
There are many Tamil loanwords in other languages.The Tamil language, primarily spoken in southern India and Sri Lanka, has produced loanwords in many different languages, including Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew, English, Malay, native languages of Indonesia, Mauritian Creole, Tagalog, Russian, and Sinhala and Dhivehi.
Madras Bashai evolved largely during the past three centuries. With the eponymous city's emergence into importance in British India (when the British recovered it from the French), and as the capital of Madras Presidency, the region's exposure to the western world increased, and a number of English words crept into the vocabulary: many such words were introduced by educated, middle-class Tamil ...
Candy, crystallized sugar or confection made from sugar; via Persian qand, which is probably from a Dravidian language, ultimately stemming from the Sanskrit root word 'Khanda' meaning 'pieces of something'. [4] Coir, cord/rope, fibre from husk of coconut; from Malayalam kayar (കയർ) [5] or Tamil kayiru (கயிறு). [6]
The list of examples has grown to such an extent that, this page becomes more like a Madras Tamil dictionary and less of an Encyclopedic article. An encyclopedic article should not contain list of examples, but should illustrate how a slang is gets changed.
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Nalla Theerpu (transl. Excellent Judgement) is a 1959 Indian Tamil-language legal drama film [2] directed by T. Prakash Rao and written by Murasoli Maran. The film stars Gemini Ganesan and Jamuna . It was released on 9 April 1963, [ 3 ] and emerged a success.