Appendix:Tamil palindromes

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This appendix lists palindromes in Tamil.

List of palindromes

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Words

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Phrases

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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

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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

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