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'''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.<br />
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==Region of Madurai Tamil==<br />
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*[[Madurai]]<br />
*[[Tirumangalam, Madurai|Tirumangalam]]<br />
*[[Aruppukottai]]<br />
*[[Virudunagar]]<br />
*[[Melur]]<br />
*[[Usilampatti]]<br />
*[[Paramakudi]]<br />
*[[Dindigul]]<br />
*[[Theni]]<br />
*[[Ramanathapuram]]<br />
*[[Sivagangai]]<br />
*[[Natham]]<br />
*[[Chellampatti, Madurai|Chellampatti]] and <br />
* [[Rameshwaram]] .<br />
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.<br />
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== Words of Madurai Tamil ==<br />
* {{transl|ta|Marutha}} (மறுத) = Madurai<br />
* {{transl|ta|varainga}} (வராய்ங்க) = coming<br />
* {{transl|ta|porainga}} (போராய்ங்க) = going<br />
* {{transl|ta|angittu}} (அங்கிட்டு) = There<br />
* {{transl|ta|ingittu}} (இங்கிட்டு) = Here<br />
* {{transl|ta|embuttu}} (எம்புட்டு) = How much?<br />
* {{transl|ta|ravuran}} (ராவுறான்) = He is boring<br />
* {{transl|ta|vyekyanama pesu}} (வீயாக்கானமா பேசு) = speak properly<br />
* {{transl|ta|kundaka mandaka}} (குண்டக்க மண்டக்க) = irrelevant<br />
* {{transl|ta|mundakalapa}} (முண்டகலப்ப) = plough<br />
* {{transl|ta|patraya podu}} (பட்றைய போடு) = sit and relax<br />
* {{transl|ta|kokka makka}} (கொக்க மக்க) = collective term for cousin<br />
* {{transl|ta|kolara poitu va}} (கோலாரா போயிட்டு வா) = take care<br />
* {{transl|ta|posaketta paya}} (பொசகட்ட பய) = useless fellow<br />
* {{transl|ta|seemennai}} (சீமை எண்ணை = சீம்மண்ணை) = kerosene<br />
* {{transl|ta|imbutukandi}} (இம்புட்டுகூண்டு) = very little<br />
* {{transl|ta|roota kodukatha}} (ரூட்ட குடுக்காத) = Don't tell lie<br />
* {{transl|ta|vaiya porainga}} (வைய்யபோறாய்ங்க) = They will scold<br />
* {{transl|ta|Paelatha}} (பேலாத) = don't fear<br />
* {{transl|ta|athukaandithaan}} = For that only<br />
* {{transl|ta|ithukaandithaan}} (இதுகாண்டிதான்) = For this only<br />
* {{transl|ta|kudikaramattai}} (குடிக்காரமட்டை) = Drunkard<br />
* {{transl|ta|jaari}} (ஜாரி) = beautiful woman<br />
* {{transl|ta|aataya podu}} (ஆட்டைய போடு) = Steal, theft<br />
* {{transl|ta|yenney}} (அண்ணே) = Elder Brother<br />
* {{transl|ta|yekkah}} (எக்கோய்) = Elder Sister<br />
* {{transl|ta|podangoiyala}} (போடா ங்கொய்யால) = get out of my way<br />
* {{transl|ta|dubuku}} (டுபுக்கு) = fool<br />
* {{transl|ta|manda kanam}} (மண்டகனம்) = Headweight<br />
* {{transl|ta|soliya paaru}} (சோலிய பாரு) = Mind your business<br />
* {{transl|ta|lanthu}} (லந்து) = Kidding<br />
* {{transl|ta|kaapraa}} (காப்ரா) = fashionable<br />
* {{transl|ta|alaparai}} (அலப்பறை) = fashionable<br />
* {{transl|ta|alumbu}} (அலும்பு) = Showy, showing proud<br />
* {{transl|ta|yelraya kootadha}} (ஏழரைய கூ்ட்டாத) = don't create a scene<br />
* {{transl|ta|aatum}} (ஆட்டும்) = ok<br />
* {{transl|ta|soodhanama iru}} (சூதானமா இரு) = be careful<br />
* {{transl|ta|kongapaya}} (கொங்காபைய) = ignorant<br />
* {{transl|ta|Kaavali}} (காவாளி) = waste fellow<br />
* {{transl|ta|Kalavaanee}} (களவாணி) = theft<br />
* {{transl|ta|Vellaney}} (வெள்ளனே) = Early Morning<br />
* {{transl|ta|Paiyya}} (பைய) = slow<br />
* {{transl|ta|Osakka}} (ஒசக்க) = Up<br />
* {{transl|ta|Seanthi}} = Loft<br />
* {{transl|ta|Yeni maram}} (ஏணி மரம்) = Ladder<br />
{{Tamil language}}<br />
{{Dialects of Tamil}}<br />
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[[Category:Tamil dialects]]<br />
[[Category:Culture of Madurai]]</div>
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