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It is also a mispronunciation of نانِ کوتاہ naan-e-koṭah – shortbread where نان naan means Bread, and کوتاہ koṭah means short. [5] So it's a bread which is taken as a snack for settling the 'false' hunger. To support this claim, کوتاہی koṭahi in Urdu means mistake – shortcoming.
Aside from Burmese and its dialects, the hundred or so languages of Myanmar include Shan (Tai, spoken by 3.2 million), Karen languages (spoken by 2.6 million), Kachin (spoken by 900,000), Tamil (spoken by 1.1 Million), various Chin languages (spoken by 780,000), and Mon (Mon–Khmer, spoken by 750,000).
The Burma Bazaar in Tamil Nadu was set up in 1969 by Myanmar Tamil refugees. Between 1940 and 1942, many Malaysian and Myanmar Tamils were forced by Japanese occupiers to labour on a 415 kilometres (258 mi) railway track between Thailand and Burma. Over 150,000 Tamils died during the project due to venomous animals, illnesses, exhaustion and ...
The earliest mention of naan in the region comes from the memoirs of Indo-Persian Sufi poet, Amir Khusrau living in India during the 1300s AD. Khusrau mentions two kinds of naan eaten by Muslim nobles; Naan-e-Tunuk and Naan-e-Tanuri. Naan-e-Tunuk was a light or thin bread, while Naan-e-Tanuri was a heavy bread and was baked in the tandoor. [9]
Baradwaj Rangan wrote, "Naan Than Bala should have been shattering drama. That it isn't is a function of the usual problems of our cinema — sketchy performances in the supporting parts, flavourless romance, comedy that constantly undermines the film's seriousness, lazy contrivances, mood-killing songs and an over-the-top ending". [2]
It is also a Tamil name for the deity Vishnu, who is called Tirumal (திருமால்), and his consort Lakshmi, who is called Tirumakal (திருமகள்) in Tamil. [11] It also indicates "wealth", "respect", and "name" in Tamil.
Naan (English: Me) is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film written and directed by Jeeva Shankar in his directorial debut. Composer Vijay Antony plays the lead role of a psychopathic killer; he also produced the film and worked as the music director. Siddharth Venugopal and Rupa Manjari appeared in supporting roles.
Naan Vanangum Deivam (transl. The deity which I worship ) is a 1963 Indian Tamil language film, directed by K. Somu and produced by C. T. Chettiar. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan , Padmini , T. R. Ramachandran and V. Nagayya .