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Thursday, October 8, 2015

Tamil words changed to English ?

appam 
from Tamil
அப்பம் appam (Source: OED)
cash 
The primary meaning of the word cash, paper money, or money in general, comes from Latin capsa, chest. A secondary meaning of cash, referring to any of various coins used in southern India and China, comes ultimately from Tamil
காசு kācu (Source: OED, AHD, MWD)
catamaran 
from Tamil
கட்டுமரம் kaṭṭumaram("kattu"=tied up, "maram"=wood) (Source: OED, AHD, MWD)
cheroot 
from French cheroute, from Tamil
சுருட்டு curuṭṭu, roll or rolled (Source: OED, AHD, MWD)
corundum 
from a Tamil word for 'ruby',
குருந்தம் kuruntam or குருவிந்தம் kuruvintam (Source: OED)
coir 
from the Tamil word kayaru '
கயிறு' for rope or thread or to be twisted. (Source: The American Heritage Dictionary)
curry 
from Tamil
கறி kaṟi, sauce (Source: OED, AHD, MWD)
godown 
from
கிடங்கு kidangu/kodangu a Tamil word for store room (Source: OED)
illupi 
from Tamil
இலுப்பை iluppai (Source: OED)
kabadi/kabaddi 
from Tamil
கபடி kabadi (Source: OED)
Maldivian 
from Tamil
மாலத்தீவு malaidhivu(மாலை "maalai"=garland, தீவு "theevu"=island), (Source: OED)
mango 
from Tamil
மா Manga (Source: OED)
Moringa 
from
முருங்கை murungai , a Tamil word for drumstick (Source: OED, AHD)
mulligatawny 
from Tamil
மிளகுத்தண்ணீர் miḷaku-taṇṇīr from miḷaku black pepper taṇṇīr, water (Source: OED, AHD, MWD)
nadaswaram/nagaswaram 
from Tamil
நாகச்வரம் nagasvaram (Source: OED)
pariah 
from Tamil
பறையர் paṟaiyar , plural of பறையன் paṟaiyaṉ (Source: OED, AHD, MWD)
pandal 
from Tamil
பந்தல் pandal (Source: OED)
pongal 
from Tamil
பொங்கல் pongal
poonga oil 
from Tamil
புன்கு punku, oil from pungam tree (Source: OED)
poppadom 
from
அப்பளம் appalam a Tamil word for a crispy side dish (Source: OED)
portia tree 
from Tamil
பூவரசு puvaracu (Source: OED)
sambar 
from Tamil
சாம்பார் sambar (Source: OED)
sangam 
from Tamil
சங்கம் sancam, (Source: OED)
Tamil 
from Tamil
தமிழ் Tamizh
tutenag 
from Tamil
டுட்டனகம் tuttunagam (Source: OED)
vetiver 
from Tamil
வெட்டிவேர் vettiver; a tropical Indian grass; Botanical name: Vetiveria zizanioides; its aromatic roots are used for weaving screens and baskets and the oil in perfumery (source: AHD);


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