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
- Template:Transl (மறுத) = Madurai
- Template:Transl (வராய்ங்க) = coming
- Template:Transl (போராய்ங்க) = going
- Template:Transl (அங்கிட்டு) = There
- Template:Transl (இங்கிட்டு) = Here
- Template:Transl (எம்புட்டு) = How much?
- Template:Transl (ராவுறான்) = He is boring
- Template:Transl (வீயாக்கானமா பேசு) = speak properly
- Template:Transl (குண்டக்க மண்டக்க) = irrelevant
- Template:Transl (முண்டகலப்ப) = plough
- Template:Transl (பட்றைய போடு) = sit and relax
- Template:Transl (கொக்க மக்க) = collective term for cousin
- Template:Transl (கோலாரா போயிட்டு வா) = take care
- Template:Transl (பொசகட்ட பய) = useless fellow
- Template:Transl (சீமை எண்ணை = சீம்மண்ணை) = kerosene
- Template:Transl (இம்புட்டுகூண்டு) = very little
- Template:Transl (ரூட்ட குடுக்காத) = Don't tell lie
- Template:Transl (வைய்யபோறாய்ங்க) = They will scold
- Template:Transl (பேலாத) = don't fear
- Template:Transl = For that only
- Template:Transl (இதுகாண்டிதான்) = For this only
- Template:Transl (குடிக்காரமட்டை) = Drunkard
- Template:Transl (ஜாரி) = beautiful woman
- Template:Transl (ஆட்டைய போடு) = Steal, theft
- Template:Transl (அண்ணே) = Elder Brother
- Template:Transl (எக்கோய்) = Elder Sister
- Template:Transl (போடா ங்கொய்யால) = get out of my way
- Template:Transl (டுபுக்கு) = fool
- Template:Transl (மண்டகனம்) = Headweight
- Template:Transl (சோலிய பாரு) = Mind your business
- Template:Transl (லந்து) = Kidding
- Template:Transl (காப்ரா) = fashionable
- Template:Transl (அலப்பறை) = fashionable
- Template:Transl (அலும்பு) = Showy, showing proud
- Template:Transl (ஏழரைய கூ்ட்டாத) = don't create a scene
- Template:Transl (ஆட்டும்) = ok
- Template:Transl (சூதானமா இரு) = be careful
- Template:Transl (கொங்காபைய) = ignorant
- Template:Transl (காவாளி) = waste fellow
- Template:Transl (களவாணி) = theft
- Template:Transl (வெள்ளனே) = Early Morning
- Template:Transl (பைய) = slow
- Template:Transl (ஒசக்க) = Up
- Template:Transl = Loft
- Template:Transl (ஏணி மரம்) = Ladder