-
deemed unlikely by
Southworth due to the
contemporary use of the
compound '
centamiḻ',
which means refined speech in the
earliest literature. The
Tamil Lexicon...
- Traditionally,
Tamil has been
classified into two
registers viz செந்தமிழ் (
Centamiḻ)
meaning 'classical' or 'pure '
Tamil and கொடுந்தமிழ் (Koṭuntamiḻ) meaning...
- tamil-kuru nal-lulakam ("the
beautiful world [where]
Tamil is spoken") and
centamil ...
nilam ("the
territory ... of
refined Tamil"). However, this preface...
-
Keeran is a male
given name of
Tamil origin. In
ancient Tamil (
Centamil, செந்தமிழ்),
Keeran (கீரன்)
means 'stands by his principles' in
context of persons...
-
recognized by the academy. It also
published a
scholarly journal called Centamil. In the late 19th century,
there was a
great awakening of the
Tamils and...
-
territory was
published by S.
Subramania Sastri in 1916, in the
journal Centamil. This map was
actually part of an
article that
criticized the pseudohistorical...
-
Tolkappiyam mentions about 12 moḻipeyar
lands apart from the
region where Centamil was spoken.
Tolkappiyam 881 also
mentions about dialectical words called...
- are well
defined rules for
voicing stops in the
written form of Tamil,
Centamiḻ (the
period of
Tamil history before Sanskrit words were borrowed). Stops...
-
Based on vocabulary,
Tamil is
classified into two registers: செந்தமிழ் (
centamiḻ)
meaning 'good' (or 'pure')
Tamil and கொடுந்தமிழ் (koṭuntamiḻ) meaning...
- vaṉṉi nakaruṟai niṉ Koṇṭal
nikar kalvi kuṟaiyā taḷittiṭum vāḻiya vāḻiyavē!
Centamiḻ, āṅkilam, tīñcuvai iṉṉicai, ciṟappuṟu viññāṉam, Antamil, kaittoḻil, kamattoḻil...