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    Tamil thesaurus for English words and phrases

    Topic suggested by Udhaya on Tue Oct 13 09:26:12 .


    I was hoping this thread could serve to expand our Thamizh vocabulary, personally I would benefit a lot from it. For instance, I would like to know the Thamizh equivalent for "irony".




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    Gokul (@ 209.*) on: Tue Oct 13 10:49:59




    muraNpAdu?





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    Gokul (@ 209.*) on: Tue Oct 13 12:00:17




    Whats the thamizh word for "stereotype"?





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    balaji (@ schu*) on: Tue Oct 13 12:45:51




    orEmAdhiriyAna?





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    Udhaya (@ 205.*) on: Tue Oct 13 15:36:43




    Gokul,
    muranpadu is straightforward and mostly means "breach". But it's still better than what I could think of.
    Stereotype was a toughie! How about "thaniththanmai maruththal"? I know it's too wordy though.





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    Reka (@ atla*) on: Tue Oct 13 16:50:30




    Gokul,

    how about 'achchu kOththaarpOla' - it is just the literal meaning for 'stereotype'. i think balaji and udhaya have covered the other meanings-'unvarying form' and 'not original or individualized'.






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    Gokul (@ 209.*) on: Tue Oct 13 17:17:32




    Reka,Udhaya,Balaji

    I guess it is difficult to get one word for such
    words.

    Kanchana,arUL what do you guys think?





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    aruLarasan (@ psip*) on: Wed Oct 14 18:11:25




    irony is something like a vEdhanaiyAna nagaichchuvai. my own
    "creation" for this word would be "annagai" (alladhu + nagai; alladhu
    is opposite of nalladhu!!). Or may be thInagai would be an apt and short
    word. Too old sounding???

    will try something for sterotype also, soon.





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    balaji (@ schu*) on: Wed Oct 14 19:05:14




    what is the thamizh word for "cliche"?? whenever i see a normal thamizh film, the thought that springs to my mind is "it is highly cliched". but several people don't know the english usage and i am not able to translate into thamizh.





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    Udhaya (@ 205.*) on: Wed Oct 14 20:31:32




    balaji,
    "araitha maavu" is the Thamizh cliche to describe cliche.





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