Dialects Tamil Hindi and English
Tamil Dialects in major cities with meanings”
Madras
Enna Naina – Greeting a friend – like Hi, What news?
Nasta Thunnia – Did you have breakfast?
Va Vadyare – Hi (respected) leader! Welcome to a elderly/powerful man in the area
Voodu katradu - Ready or making preparations to for a street fight
Savu grakki – bad and scolding word meaning deadly customer! Commonly used by Auto-rickshaw drivers to bargaining passengers.
Porambokku – again a slang bad word – ‘wasted land’ - to scold careless walkers on the road, those who overtake on the wrong side or any person doing an unlawful thing.
Thalaiva – ‘Leader’ – Addressing to a local or big leader
Peechangai – Left Hand
Sothukai – Right Hand
Bardu – ‘Bastard’
Thottam – A slum area where hundreds live with popular rowdies.
Dappan koothu – A dance with no music – only drums and usually played when a slum fellow dies.
Rascol – slang for Rascal
Pazahm - A sarcastic word to address a fool. Pazham actually means ripe fruit and a knowledgeable person.
Egirade – ‘Do not over act’ or ‘put an act of jumping for no reason’
Aye – A threatening word used commonly in Tamil cinema to address an enemy or gangster – meaning ‘Hey Dare You!’
Kadalai – Talking to a girl for a long time to impress her
Dhuttu Keedha? ‘Do you have money?’
Sarakku – slang for country liquor (like Taqila)
Bemani – slang word for a person who has cheated or misbehaved.
Vanaam Engayile Vachukade – Warning an opponent ‘ Do not rub me on the wrong side. It will kick back on you!
Thanjavur
Tootham - Water
Athukku – Home
Eiyna Enge Vango – Respectful address by wife to husband – ‘Please come here’
Pozahcu Kedanda – Word with Philosophic meaning for doing a work the next day ‘I we are alive, we will do that tomorrow’
Thinnai - A verandah like place in front of the house in villages – where discussions, debate, card playing (mostly Rummy) and travelers take rest.
Arattai – A useless discussion on any topic local or national in Thinnai
Utsavam – Normally it means a holy celebration in a Temple. But in slang it means ‘Great Joy in home’ like marriage, honeymoon or travel to river banks for swimming.
Kondattam – Same meaning as Utsavam but relates to making merry like playing, eating, singing and dancing.
Sowkyama? - How are you? Fine?
Nokku Enna Theriyum? – ‘What do you know?’ (You know Nothing)
Amavasaikkum Abdul Kadarakkum enna sambandam? – A proverb meaning ‘What does a Muslim person has to do with No-moon day? (which is auspicious to Hindus). The actual meaning is ‘Do not relate irrelevant matters in serious discussion or happenings.’
Kovai (Coimbatore – Kongu Tamil)
Ammani – Respectful address to a woman
Enunga – Respectful address by a woman to man
Ravaki – For the night
Madurai
Vaga - Welcome
Varihala ‘Will you please come?’(Famous song by Nagesh and Manorama - Muthu kullikka varihala)
Aela - Hi
English
Well this will be covered later There are Irish, Polish, American slang –North Indians famous dephinitely (for definitely).
But what surprises me most is the tongue tip slang Rambo English that Indians returning from States (of course America) speak. And none is impressed with them. They are looked at funnily as though they were from Zoo!
Hindi dialects topic is again a lengthy subject and my favourite. May be later in the day. I am watching the Ashes. England is fighting! Collingwood made 96. And Peterson is on 78. They need 386 to win with six
Raj said,
November 27, 2006 @ 8:53 am
Really cool! I just want Hindi dialects - Mumabi, Delhi, Bihari Lalu’s) and SOuth Indian’s Raghu Thata (for Reh tata)