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Words
Phrases
Vocabulary
- Numbers 1–100112 entries
- Common verbs25 entries
- Common adjectives25 entries
- Common adverbs15 entries
- Pronouns11 entries
- Question words10 entries
- Family relations21 entries
- Colors13 entries
- Days, months & time31 entries
- Body parts24 entries
- Animals, fruits & vegetables46 entries
- Greetings by occasion21 entries
- Proverbs & idioms8 entries
Festivals
Tamil festivals & celebrations
Pongal — பொங்கல்
January 14–17 · the Tamil harvest festival
Tamil Puthandu — தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு
April 14 · Tamil New Year
Diwali / Deepavali — தீபாவளி
October–November
Karthigai Deepam — கார்த்திகை தீபம்
November–December
Navaratri — நவராத்திரி
September–October · nine nights
Vinayaka Chaturthi — விநாயக சதுர்த்தி
August–September
Culture
Tamil culture & traditions
Tamil food
Tamil cuisine is built on rice, lentils and tamarind. The South Indian "meals" — served on a banana leaf with sambar, rasam, kuzhambu, poriyal and curd — is the daily classic. Tamil Nadu's coast adds prawns, crab and dosai variations.
Tamil music
Tamil music has two pillars — Carnatic classical, refined over centuries in temples and concert halls, and Tamil film music, transformed in modern times by composers like Ilaiyaraaja and A.R. Rahman.
Tamil dance
Bharatanatyam — the temple dance of Tamil Nadu — is among the oldest classical dance forms in the world. Pongal celebrations also bring out folk forms like Karagattam and Kummi.
Tamil films (Kollywood)
Kollywood is one of India's most prolific film industries. From Rajinikanth's fan-religion to Mani Ratnam's art cinema and the recent global wave of "Master", "Kaithi" and "Jailer", Tamil cinema is fearless and original.
Tamil traditional attire
Tamil women wear the saree — particularly Kanjeevaram silks for weddings. Tamil men wear the veshti (dhoti) with an angavastram on formal occasions. Half-sarees (pavadai-davani) are worn by adolescent girls.