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Did malayalam come from Tamil?

பண்டை தமிழில் இருந்து மலையாளம் தோன்றியதா?

கிறுக்கன்தான்...

அவள் கருவிழி வளையங்களில் சிக்கி

அவளைப் பற்றிக் கிறுக்கும்போது.

தீபாவளி மீது கோபம்.

முறுக்கு பிழிந்து

சிவந்தன அவள் விரல்கள்.

வருடினேன்

கையால் அல்ல

இதழ்களால்

அவள் சட்டையில் சூரியகாந்தி.

அச்சடித்த பூ திரும்பாது.

சூரியனாக ஆசை,

அவள் மட்டும்

என் பக்கம் திரும்பட்டும்.

Trying to write kavithais people are welcome to review and say what they feel

Please educate me with something basic; for the அகர வரிசை of the 18 மெய்யெழுத்துகள், I see textbooks & online resources teach the standard க், ங், ச், ஞ், etc. but also have the series on வல்லினம், மெல்லினம், இடையினம் (க, ச, ட, த, etc.) Example: [https://discovertamil.com/resources/tamil-alphabet](https://discovertamil.com/resources/tamil-alphabet)

The Question is, are primary school kids supposed to learn both these series? Can you tell me more about how these are approached (whether the logic is taught, how this becomes helpful in higher grades, etc.?).

Context: This is for a primary govt school exercise in interlingual learning in Karnataka. We have mostly Kannada & few Tamil students (& no native Tamil teacher yet), and we're able to very slowly go through the very helpful TN state syllabus textbooks.

நன்றி!

அன்பு கொள் காதல் செய்

சுகம் என்கிறார்கள்

ஜன்னல் ஓரம்

அவளுடன் நகையொடு

பேசும் சுகம் அரியாதோர்

It appears that the Ministry of Education in Singapore has a well-formed, interesting looking curriculum for primary school children (Gr. 1-6) with 2 textbooks (பாடநூல்), 2 workbooks (பயிற்சிநூல்) and 4 readers (சிறுவர் கதைநூல்) per grade level, published by Marshall Cavendish. They also appear to be priced very reasonably.

Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to be widely available for those of us who don't live in Singapore. Is there anybody from this group who is aware of a location to purchase the complete set and have it shipped to the US? Alternatively, have these books been posted online? If not, I am open to scanning and posting it online for the benefit of learners if I can come across the set.

Hey Guys, i have a Tamil Girlfriend, and i realy love her, now i want to make a good first impression with her parents, and also get to know more about the culture, so i decided, that i want to learn tamil atleast for casual conversations.

How should i start any apps or Youtube Chanels you can recommend. I speak German and English fluently.

Thanks in advance. :)

"மேலே தேவமாதா சுருவத்துக்குப் போட்டிருந்த நீல கலர் லைட் சரிஞ்சு போய் சுவர்ணமாலியின்ர முகத்தில"

is சுருவத்துக்கு coming from சுருவம் here? Or should it be சுரூபம்?

சுருவம்

curuvam   சுருவை, a ladle for pouring clarified butter on fire during sacrifice; 2. kind of ladle.

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I want to check if the meaning of அகிலன் given by this website is actually correct,

அகிலன் என்ற பெயருக்கு நுண்ணறிவு, ஆராச்சியாளர் என்பது அர்த்தமாக இருக்கிறது.

அகிலன் என்ற பெயர் உடையவர்களிடம் ஆளுமை திறன் காணப்படும். மேலும் எந்த செயல் செய்தாலும் அதனை திறமையாக செய்து முடிப்பார்கள்.

இவர் தன்னுடைய நண்பர்கள், உறவினர்கள் மீது அக்கறை உள்ளவராகவும், பாசமாகவும் இருப்பார்கள்.

My name is அகிலன், but when I asked my mum its meaning when I was younger she told me, it meant 'up in the clouds'. I was young, maybe she was just joking with me. But I wanted to check if anyone here might see any reason for her to say that beyond jokes?

She did later tell me that she'd named me after the poet அகிலன்.

'தப்பியோடிய ஒரு கோவிய அடிமையை வன்னியில் வைத்துப் பிடித்துக் கொண்டுவந்து என் தந்தையின் முன்னே நிறுத்தினார்கள்'

It's talking about an escaped slave, but what does கோவிய mean and what word is it being derived from?

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I don't have a good Tamil dictionary but I seem to recognize இளம் iLam (young) + சிவப்பு civappu (red).

For example if you were to say “I hit myself” or “I hurt myself” where the action being done by you and being received be you how would you phrase like would it be “naan ennai adichen” or “naan enkitte adichen” or “naan enakku adichen“

As best as I can make out she's saying this. (Is it correct?) What's the last word of the second sentence though? I can't make it out, not even the root verb 🤨

oru thadava uthavi cenjuvangkalla.
ஒரு தடவை உதவி செய்து வாருங்கள?
Can you help me just once?

yenda unkaḷukku uthavi cenja appaṭiṉṉu feel panna (something).
ஏன்டா உங்களுக்கு உதவி செய்த அப்படின்னு feel பண்ண (something).
Meaning of sentence unclear to me

From Tamil channel on Malaysian radio. Here's the full conversation (27 seconds) in case the context matters.

I feel scared to talk to girls! I don’t have any female friends.I am trying to talk to girls to overcome my fear.

I'm a student working on a small project to distribute books to village in Tamil Nadu and need help translating these phrases in tamil if anyone can help

What sounds feel familiar?
What grows near here?
Where might this go?
How will you color?
What would you do?
What food brings joy?
Why is this special?
Draw your own pattern.
Why train this way?
How would you celebrate?
Where does strength come?
What’s elephant’s daily life?
Add one more goat.
What is cow seeing?
What do friends learn?
What does story teach?
What might this mean?
Who’s in this story?
What will you become?
Where are you here?

Palm Tree
Bullock Cart
Peacocks in Garden
Pongal Festival
Banana Leaf Meal
Temple Tower
Kolam Art
Silambam Training
Village Festival
Kavadi Procession
Elephant Forest
Goats on Hill
Sacred Cow
Kabaddi Game
Storytime
Kolam with Amma
Reading Under Tree
Dream to Teach
School Assembly

Any help would be useful. Thanks

Hebrew Gematria associates numbers to each of the 22 consonants (27 consonants if you count the 5 extra second form of 5 of the base 22 consonants). Something like this:

א, 1
ב, 2
ג, 3
ד, 4
ה, 5
ו, 6
ז, 7
ח, 8
ט, 9
י, 10
כ, 20
ל, 30
מ, 40
נ, 50
ס, 60
ע, 70
פ, 80
צ, 90
ק, 100
ר, 200
ש, 300
ת, 400

In Hebrew Gematria, you then add the letters up to give a final value (you can do the same with the English alphabet). More on this here.

Does Tamil have any mapping of consonants/letters to numbers in this fashion? If not an obvious system of numerical associations, are there any dictionaries or other language resources which sort the consonants in a particular order, and perhaps give a numerical value to them? If so, what are some books, resources, or systems which illustrate this?

What’s the difference afaik they both mean do it (formally)