Madurai Tamil is the dialect of Tamil language spoken in Madurai and the surrounding regions in southern Tamil Nadu, the area once ruled by the Pandya dynasty. It is widely spoken in the districts of Madurai, Theni, Virudunagar, Dindigul, Ramanathapuram, and Sivaganga. It differs from Nellai Tamil spoken in the southeastern part of the state.
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(மறுத) = Madurai (வராய்ங்க) = They're coming (போராய்ங்க) = They're going (அங்கிட்டு) = There (இங்கிட்டு) = Here (எம்புட்டு) = How much? (ராவுறான்) = He is boring (வீயாக்கானமா பேசு) = Speak properly (குண்டக்க மண்டக்க) = Irrelevant (கலப்ப) = 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 lies (வைய்யபோறாய்ங்க) = They are going to scold (பேலாத) = Don't fear (அதுகாண்டிதான்) = Only for that (இதுகாண்டிதான்) = Only for this (குடிக்காரமட்டை) = Drunkard (ஜாரி) = Beautiful woman (ஆட்டைய போடு) = Steal, thieve (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 own business (லந்து) = Kidding (காப்ரா) = Fashionable (அலப்பறை) = Fashionable (அலும்பு) = Showy, showing pride (ஏழரைய கூ்ட்டாத) = Don't create a scene (ஆட்டும்) = Okay (சூதானமா இரு) = Be careful (கொங்க பய) = Slang word for Kongu Tamil speakers (காவாளி) = Waste fellow (களவாணி) = Thief (வெள்ளனே) = Early morning (பைய) = Slow (ஒசக்க) = Up = Loft (ஏணி மரம்) = Ladder
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