[Lillie_Steins]

Friends,

The following Website
www.tcwords.com

i,e., tamil computer words.com gives lot of new technical words for those who are looking for them.

MosesSolomon

[HedgeYourBets]

soap - savukkaaram. In some parts of rural TN, it is called "araippukkattai" (araippu being the ground paste people used to use before soap).

shampoo - I've been told the correct word is savukkaarakkuzhampu. My grandmother used to call it ciykkay thiravam - which is technically speaking incorrect since shampoo has nothing to do with the soap-nut, but still makes sense.

tubelight - I have heard "curaiviLakku" used colloquially. I don't know if it's "official" terminology, though.

binded book - "thaittha putthakam", I suppose. In what context would you want to use the phrase?

hardcover - I would use "thuNi attai" and "kagidha attai" for "hardcover" and "paperback", but there are probably better words. Does anyone know?

[brraverishhh]

CD - oli vatta thagadu

the malay word for it is chakra padat, from the Indian word chakkaram!

forum hub - min arattai manai

Mandra Mayyam is the word used.

cellphone - muntha koovi

kai tholaipEsi

what is the SINGLE tamil word for the english word SELL note- only one word!

Depending on context..
I sell water - naan thanneer virkkirEn
sale = virppanai
business = vyaabaaram

[radikal]

Yes both refer to computer

calculator is kaNakki ( I believe)

[Lt_Apple]

I almost forgot this and I had a hard time searching where was it moved!!!

Some computer related words:

Browser - ulavi
Cyberspace - kaniniyakam
Server - vazhangi
sound card - olikkirami
Network - Valaipinnal


more to come...

[radikal]

kanakki is a new word iam hearing, then what is tamil eq for

soap
shampoo
tubelight
binded book
hardcover

ect

[brraverishhh]

web(www) - valaiThalam
search engine - thaedukaruvi or soRThedi

[Drugmachine]

Originally Posted by sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar CD - oli vatta thagadu

the malay word for it is chakra padat, from the Indian word chakkaram!

forum hub - min arattai manai

Mandra Mayyam is the word used.

cellphone - muntha koovi

kai tholaipEsi

what is the SINGLE tamil word for the english word SELL note- only one word!

Depending on context..
I sell water - naan thanneer virkkirEn
sale = virppanai
business = vyaabaaram NOV, just one comment..

Cellphone - kai tholaipEsi.. hmm where did u get that?? I think selpEsi is better coz u use it wherever u go

[Big A]

kaNippoRi and kaNini

which one is computer and which one is calculator??

nowadays both are used for referring computer

[LottiFurmann]

Coffee - kuLambi not kuzhambi, since the coffee bean resembles 'kuLambu' or the hoof (of say a horse)

[TorryJens]

Originally Posted by Roshan Here in Sri Lanka - they call it 'muchchakkara vaNdi' - Three wheeler - Trishaw.

Trishaw... I'd almost forgotten that delightful Sri Lankan word.

Muchchakkara vaNDi used to be used in TN as well (although most people say "aaTTO" ), but there has been a push in recent times to come up with better words and to get people to actually use them. "Thaani" is a lot easier to say than "muchchakkara vandi" and has the same nice ring to it as "auto". Podalai,

uNmaiya sollunga.. neenga Sri Lanka vanthirukeengathAnE? :P You seem to be so familiar with Sri Lanka - including my home town athunaalathaan enakku konjam santhEgamA irukku :P

Getting back to the topic - 'thaani' sounds a bit odd for a Trishaw, though it's a short and easier word. Ramdas, Thiruma pOnRavargaLidam idea kEtkalaamE

"aaTTO" -

[TorryJens]

Dont know whether there is a similar topic or not!

My initial shot:

Coffee - Kuzhambi

Cellphone - Selpesi (Sellum Idam ellam!)

[S.T.D.]

Kasi: Please discuss this in the Tamil Literature forum.

I am moving this there.

[MannoFr]

i like this topic very much

CD - oli vatta thagadu

DVD - adar - oli vatta thagadu

CD player - oli thagadotti

harddisk - ulladakka gaantha thagadu

floppy disk - kurunthagadu

floppy drive - kurunthagadotti

microprocessor - silicon sillu

forum hub - min arattai manai

cellphone - muntha koovi [as said by kaml haasan]

what ios for CEMENT?

what is the SINGLE tamil word for the english word SELL note- only one word!

hardware - van porul

software - men porul

firmware - ????

middleware - ???

[NeroASERCH]

Thozhil nutpa nuni vilimbu - Cutting Edge Technology
(according to kamalhassan)

[LottiFurmann]

Keyword - Saavichol

Thanks to Google - tamil 8)

[HedgeYourBets]

From the official Madras Univ online Library archives (Tamil Virtual Univ www.tamilvu.org)

soap - ºÅ÷측Ãõ, ºÅ÷측÷ì¸ðÊ
shampoo - ¾¨Ä¿£Åø, ºÅ÷측ÃìÌÆõÒ
tube light - ÌÆø Å¢ÇìÌ


My guesses:
bound book - ¸ðÎ Òò¾¸õ

[9mm_fan]

Here's the most comprehensive glossary of scientific, technical and academic words in Tamil I've ever seen:

http://www.tamilvu.org/library/o33/html/o3300001.htm

The "pothu theduthal" and "pothu pattiyal" links at the bottom are particularly useful! If you can't see the Tamil text, you can download the fonts you need here (you only need the first one). After a couple of hours of browsing, I'm still in raptures.

Thamizhaga arasu:

[S.T.D.]

Friends,

Makkal TV USes "thaani" for Auto - anybody can esplain

[9mm_fan]

Friends,

Makkal TV USes "thaani" for Auto - anybody can esplain

Autorickshaw = thaniyangizhuvai (தானியங்கிழுவை). The etymology of that should be obvious Just as the term "autorickshaw" is abbreviated to "auto", "thaniyangizhuvai" is abbreviated to "thani" (தானி).