Learn Madras Tamil in 30 minutes

For Those settling in Chennai, Tamilnadu Its mandatory you learn these words.

• Word/phrase(chennai bashai tamil words)
• Meaning (in english)
  

Abase

steal secretively

eg: avanada abase panathu

Allo

Hey, there...

eg: allo epadi irukka naina

Attu

Low grade.

eg: "Attu Figaru","Attu Padam".

Bejaar

Painful, troublesome.

eg: ivanoda overey bejaar ah pochu

Beku

Imbecile,mental

eg: sariyana beku da avan

Bemani

That which makes one ashamed, that which has no shame.(shameless)

eg: poda bemani unn munjula enn pichan kaiya vaikka

Butti

Someone who wears glasses. Also see "Soda Buddi".

eg: varan da soda butti

Daavu

To Sight a figure

eg: college la daavu adikirathu oru thani kicku

Dada

don.

eg: namba ooru dada vantaru

Dhool

"well done!" .

eg: dhool mamu

Domer

Dumb.

eg: hey domer vaiya moodu da

Dubukku

It is same as loosu .

eg: poda dubukku

Dhuttu.. (thutu)

Money.

eg: evolo dhuttu vachu kinu iruka

Figaru

Attractive woman.

eg: machi anga paaru super figaru poguthu

Galata

Chaos. or Celebration

eg: anga orey galata mama

Galiju

Dirty

eg: athu oru galiju area machi

Gandhi kannakku

Fraudulent accounting.

eg: ennanda dhutu kodutha athu gandhi kanakula pota mathiri

Isscool

School

eg:innaiki iscool leave ah

Jaga

To Escape from a situation. Used as "Jaga Vaanguradu"

eg: machi va jaga vangidalm ingenthu

Jollu

To ogle attractive women.

eg: avan sariya jollu party da

Joot

To get started. Also to escape.

eg: machi joot vitadalam

KD

Petty crook.

eg: semma KD da nee

Kabodhi

Literally, a blind person. A common insult directed at careless drivers, as in "watch where you're going!". Often used in conjunction with "Kuruttu", as in "Kuruttu Kabodhi!".

eg: poran paaru kurutu kabhodi

Kadalai

Literally, nut. As in "Ver-kadalai"(Ground-nut). Term used to denote verbal flirting with members of the opposite sex.

eg: enna ma varukuran kadalai ya avan

Kaithae

Donkey.

eg: poda kaithae

Kaiyendhi Bhavan

Roadside food vendor, equivalent to a hotdog stand in the US.

eg: machi kaiyendhi bhavan dosai thunalam ah

Kalakaradhu

To impress with one's performance.

eg: machi kalakura po

Kalasaradhu

To nag someone.

eg: machi avana over ah kalasatha da

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Kamnaati

Illegitimate offspring.

eg: poda kamnaati nayae

Kasmaalam

Synonymous with "idiot".

eg: muditu poda kasmalam

Kenai

Fool.

eg: kenai paiya da avan

Kotiguniya

finished eating ah..Did you drop anything inside your stomach. also see: "Thuntia"

eg: nala kotiguniya??

Kundhu

Sit down.

eg: inga vanthu kudhu

Lookku vudaradhu

To check someone out, especially if it's an attractive person.

eg: enna look vudura ???

Maams

Same as "machi".

eg: enna maams panra

Machi

Synonymous with "dude", used in a positive sense.

eg: vada machi! valaikai bhajji!

Mama velai

Pimping both literally and figuratively.

eg: enna mama velai panriya da?

Mary

Female version of Peter.

eg: semma mary da ava

Merusal

feared

eg: machi merusal agiten avana parthu

Nambitten

"I don't believe you"..

eg: ok ok nambiten

Neat-a-po

Head straight

eg: left la thrimbi neat a po uddu varum

OB adikaradhu

To waste time.

eg: ellarum sernthu ob adikalam after class

OC

Free, at no cost.

eg: oc la kudutha inna vennalum thunuviyae

Outte

Same as "Gaali".

eg: avan outte da

Pazham

Easy Task, gullible person

eg: itho varan parru palam.

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Peter

Male of Tamil origin who speaks English in preference to the Tamil even with other Tamil speakers, especially if his intention is to impress opposite sex.

eg: anga paaru peter u

Pistha

Someone who is a big-shot. A lower version of "Dhaadhaa"

eg: petta pistha da avan

Pisthu

Person talented in a certain field.

eg: periya pisthu va nee

Pilimu kaatradhu

To show off.

eg: enna pilim katuriya

Poramboku

Orphaned, abandoned.

eg: poda porambokku

Saavugraaki

Verbal abuse against bad drivers.

eg: saavugraaki varuthu paaru

Sight adikaradhu

Same as "Jollu".

Sokkakira

Looking good/beautiful.

eg: sokkakira naina nee

Thunradhu

To eat.

eg:inna thunrathu nu theriyala?

Udaans

To lie.

eg: machi udaans vidatha

Voodu

House.

eg:vooduku polaya nee?

Vootle solltiya?

Used against extremely unsafe drivers.

eg: saavu kiraki vootanda sollitu vantiya

How money can even lead you to god "Faster"

Well.. Guys am back home rite now and wonder if tat matters? yeah i dont get the sense of thing to sit down to write my blog at my hostel, but once back here feeling little bored . Writing this down has few more significance i rather kinda got inspired by few bloggers whose blog i read in the last few days, the links of which i ll add sooner.
I keep wondering and discussing about many things when in my hostel room and one of the topics that came up one day was of corruption in India. Yes, one of the phenomenon that has come up growing with us and which we ourselves, most of the time dont want to realise (even after a series of Shankar movies Anniyan, Indian, Sivaji..). I always wonder does people change atleast a bit after watching these movies.. May be they change worser. Is there any way to eradicate this corruption? - i asked myself.. Hmm yes there is but the thing is its almost impossible. It can be possible only if every person changes his attitude, which is never going to happen, else never a kandasamy or anniyan is going to be born in reality. Okay so where does this start or how this grows..? Well, a child who is growing up with full values taught is being stuck up between idealism and practicality, once he faces the outer world. Every other human being advises him to be practical to live with the world lest, he cant survive.
No child is born corrupt but can never die without being corrupt with the existing indian situation..
Corruption is spread over in every little field starting from education and the one responsible for it is "us". Hence this is being carried over as a legacy to the subsequent generations. The question which arises is do we really have to pay and skip the procedures even when u have the time to do it? or cant the procedures for governmental affairs be a bit easier? We are very much confortable with the corrupt society that nobody actually needs the change or think bout it inbetween their hectic routine. India, can reach to next stage only if every person thinks about the development of the nation everytime he is cheating or living with the bribing. A person does a mistake so he can bribe and escape it and so it doesnt seem to be mistake for him unless he is really going to be punished.
Well coming back to the title, i had visited one of temples yesterday, and even at temples there were "these black ticket sellers" offer to take you past the ever standing queues if they re paid extra. I just wonder the differences in the society where a persons waits for hours together to get a seconds of glimples of god but the richer part of humans get to pay more for the same but in minutes. How even god can be at your convenience with money..!!
Signing off with a slight hope that one of our future generations can live in a non corrupt society.

My trip back to chennai..

I, born and brought up in chennai, have been accustomed to traditions of my city a lot. Last year i had joined SASTRA UNIVERSITY @ tanjore. Now i ve had worst times being in a under-developed place like tanjore after living in a METRO city CHENNAI. Enough of that complaining, cos i ve completed succcessfully a whole year and am a proud senior and so these things are not new for me. But a student's heavenly life is his college life and i believe its even more great if its a hostel life. (forget about the discomforts that are faced like my poor mess food and timely water crisis). But whatever its i love the glory of chennai and miss it very much.

Now i am back home for 1st time after 2nd year started. Its awesome to enjoy the previleges at a stretch when u return home after a long time. The moment i returned home it was morning and i had the great taste of mom's degree coffee. All chennaities know the glory of coffee. Then had two buckets full of hot water bath.(lol i dont get hot water @ hostel). Atlast i got the chance yet again to tune into my favourite radio stations. Trust me, chennai s radio stations are the best and you dont need a ipod whenever you re in chennai. The best collections from the old classics to latest chart busters. There are too many stations that ensure you dont get bored at any part of time. Well atlast i have my friends to meet and discuss here. Our studies are occupying too much of our lives that we couldnt roam about to all the places here like we used to do. More posts coming up.

(P.S I get to come home hardly two days for a month or two, so every trip is a special one for me.)