Appendix:Tamil palindromes

This appendix lists palindromes in Tamil.

List of palindromes edit

Words edit

Phrases edit

In the Dravidian script it is often harder to produce palindromes, due to the structure of the language. However, here is one example in a boxed "semi-palindrome"(matrix palindrome) as it means the same when read across or down but not reverse. The line translates to "there is a Jilebi in Shivaji's mouth".

சி வா ஜி (ci vā ji)
வா யி லே (vā yi lē)
ஜி லே பி (ji lē pi)

Another classic:

க ர டி (ka ra ṭi)
ர யி ல் (ra yi l)
டி ல் லி (ṭi l li)

Here are more examples.

ம ர பு (ma ra pu)
ர த் து (ra t tu)
பு து மை (pu tu mai)

("Tradition cancelled, novely in.")

ஓ! க ரா (ō! ka rā)
க ம க (ka ma ka)
ரா க மோ? (rā ka mō?)

("Oh! Is the "gara" a melodious raga?")

தூ சு வே (tū cu vē)
சு த் த (cu t ta)
வே த னை (vē ta ṉai)

("Dust is utter misery.")

ம னி த (ma ṉi ta)
னி ல் லை (ṉi l lai)
த லை வி (ta lai vi)

("The leader is no human.")

ப ழ கு (pa ḻa ku)
ழ க ர (ḻa ka ra)
கு ர லை (ku ra lai)

("Practise voicing the "zha" sound.")

Old Tamil edit

யாமாமாநீ யாமாமா யாழீகாமா காணாகா

காணாகாமா காழீயா மாமாயாநீ மாமாயா.

3.117.1 திருச்சிற்றம்பலம்

Meaning: (To correlate with the meaning below read the words as below.

yaam aam maa n^iiyaam aa maa yaazii kaamaa kaaN naagaa kaaNa kaamaa kaaziiyaa maamaayaa n^ii maamaayaa )

We are pashus (maa); You are pashupati (aa maa); The One Who plays yAz (string music instrument), Desirable, Wearing attractive snake, One Who made kaama (cupid) invisible, Lord of chiirkaazi remove (n^ii - n^iikku) the powerful maaya (that surrounds us), Oh the Lord Who makes the act of concealment (thirodhAnam - one of the five deeds of God) !

See also edit

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