Madurai Tamil (மதுரை தமிழ்), known as Madurai Bashai, is the

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spoken in the region of

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and over a vast geographical area of South

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, the area once ruled by the Pandiya kings. It differs substantially from

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, a region which was also part of the Pandiya domain.

Region of Madurai Tamil

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* Chellampatti and *

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. The common dialect has made the term Madurai refer to a much larger area than it actually is. It is not uncommon for people from any of the above cities to introduce themselves as people of Madurai.

Words of Madurai Tamil

* (மறுத) = Madurai * (வராய்ங்க) = coming * (போராய்ங்க) = going * (அங்கிட்டு) = There * (இங்கிட்டு) = Here * (எம்புட்டு) = How much? * (ராவுறான்) = He is boring * (வீயாக்கானமா பேசு) = speak properly * (குண்டக்க மண்டக்க) = irrelevant * (முண்டகலப்ப) = plough * (பட்றைய போடு) = sit and relax * (கொக்க மக்க) = collective term for cousin * (கோலாரா போயிட்டு வா) = take care * (பொசகட்ட பய) = useless fellow * (சீமை எண்ணை = சீம்மண்ணை) = kerosene * (இம்புட்டுகூண்டு) = very little * (ரூட்ட குடுக்காத) = Don't tell lie * (வைய்யபோறாய்ங்க) = They will scold * (பேலாத) = don't fear * = For that only * (இதுகாண்டிதான்) = For this only * (குடிக்காரமட்டை) = Drunkard * (ஜாரி) = beautiful woman * (ஆட்டைய போடு) = Steal, theft * (அண்ணே) = Elder Brother * (எக்கோய்) = Elder Sister * (போடா ங்கொய்யால) = get out of my way * (டுபுக்கு) = fool (which is derived from kanniyakumari) * (மண்டகனம்) = Headweight * (சோலிய பாரு) = Mind your business * (லந்து) = Kidding * (காப்ரா) = fashionable * (அலப்பறை) = fashionable * (அலும்பு) = Showy, showing proud * (ஏழரைய கூ்ட்டாத) = don't create a scene * (ஆட்டும்) = ok * (சூதானமா இரு) = be careful * (கொங்கா பய) = ignorant (derogatory for

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) * (காவாளி) = waste fellow * (களவாணி) = theft * (வெள்ளனே) = Early Morning * (பைய) = slow * (ஒசக்க) = Up * = Loft * (ஏணி மரம்) = Ladder

References

{{Reflist Tamil dialects Culture of Madurai