Madurai Tamil

Madurai Tamil (மதுரை தமிழ்) is the dialect spoken in the city of Madurai and over a vast geographical area of South Tamil Nadu, the area once ruled by the Pandiya Kings. It differs substantially from Nellai Tamil, a region which was also part of the Pandiya domain.

Region of Madurai Tamil

• Madurai
• Tirumangalam
• Aruppukottai
• Virudunagar
• Melur
• Usilampatti
• Paramakudi
• Dindigul
• Theni
• Ramanathapuram
• Sivagangai
• Natham
• Chellampatti and
• Rameshwaram .

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