தொலைக்காட்சி
Tamil
editEtymology
editதொலை (tolai, “distance, tele-”) + காட்சி (kāṭci, “show, display”); created as a calque of English television soon after the introduction of the medium to South India.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editதொலைக்காட்சி • (tolaikkāṭci)
- television (the medium)
- Synonym: (Singapore) தொலைநோக்கி (tolainōkki)
- (India) regional television broadcasted from Madras (Chennai) as opposed to the national feed from Delhi when public broadcaster Doordarshan was the only television provider.
- Coordinate term: (national feed) தூர்தர்ஷன் (tūrtarṣaṉ)
See also
edit- தொலைக்காட்சிப் பெட்டி (tolaikkāṭcip peṭṭi, “television set”)
References
edit- S. Ramakrishnan (1992) “தொலைக்காட்சி”, in தற்காலத் தமிழ் அகராதி [Dictionary of Contemporary Tamil] (in Tamil), Madras: Cre-A Publishers, page 590
- Schiffman, Harold (1999) “Language, Primordialism and Sentiment”, in Palmer, Gary B., Occhi, Debra J., editors, Languages of Sentiment[1], volume 18, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, , →ISBN
- Schiffman, Harold F. (2008-01) “The Ausbau issue in the Dravidian languages: the case of Tamil and the problem of purism”, in International Journal of the Sociology of Language[2], volume 2008, number 191, , →ISSN, pages 8-9