Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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.
This is a list of English words that are borrowed directly or ultimately from Dravidian languages. Dravidian languages include Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, and a number of other languages spoken mainly in South Asia. The list is by no means exhaustive. Some of the words can be traced to specific languages, but others have disputed or ...
Tolkāppiyam, also romanised as Tholkaappiyam ( Tamil: தொல்காப்பியம் listen ⓘ , lit. "ancient poem" [1] ), is the most ancient extant Tamil grammar text and the oldest extant long work of Tamil literature. [2] [3] It is the earliest Tamil text mentioning Gods, perhaps linked to Hindu deities.
The couplets about friendship, hard work, good character, patience, tolerance and confidence will guide them through, even the most difficult of times. Thirukkural will give them the inner strength to withstand any storm."
The English dictionaries do not shy away from showing Tamil origin for the words that clearly do have Tamil origin, like curry, mulligatawny, and catamaran. However, they are unanimous in not claiming that orange is of Tamil origin. The burden of proof, therefore, is very heavy for any work that claims otherwise.
Tamil books of law ( Tamil : தமிழ் நீதி நூல்கள், Tamiḻ nīti nūlkaḷ) or the more correct, Classical Tamil phrase ( Tamil : தமிழற நூற்கள், Tamiḻaṟa nūṟkaḷ ), are didactic Tamil works aimed to promote discipline (ஒழுக்கம்) among people. They were composed with intent to propound moral guidelines, often without ...
Commentaries to literary works remain one of the most important and telling aspects of the Tamil literary tradition. Commentaries to ancient Tamil works have been written since the medieval period and continue to be written in the modern era. Many ancient Tamil works continue to remain in comprehension chiefly due to exegesis or commentaries written on them. The most famous examples of such ...
Sinhala words of Tamil origin came about as part of the more than 2000 years of language interactions between Sinhala and Tamil in the island of Sri Lanka, as well as through Dravidian substratum effect on the Sinhala language. According to linguists, there are about 900 Tamil words in Sinhala usage. [1]