PLACES IN TANJOttE. 



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CLASSIFIED LIST OF COMMON TAMIL PLACE- 

 NAMES AND TAMIL WORDS FOUND IN THEM ; 

 TRANSLITERATED FROM THE TAMIL. 



Prefixes. 



Adicheri . . 



Agara 



Anna 



Aram, Aran- 



Arasan . . 

 Ara . . 



Aran 



Chinna . . 

 Ida- 

 Kara, Kar 

 Katt- . . 

 Kaval 

 Kil-e 



Kuruvi . . 

 Kodai 

 Man, Mad- 

 Mani 



Mele, Merku 

 Mudi 



Murtti . . 

 Muttu . . 

 Nadu- 

 Nallu, Nan- 

 Nedu- 



suburb, hamlet, 

 chief. 



(cooked) food, 

 virtue, charity == 



dharm. 

 king, rajah, 

 six ; (a river) . 

 beauty, a fortress, 

 small, 

 left (side), 

 black. 



wild, jungle, 

 ward, guard, 

 eastern, lower, 

 little bird, 

 alms. 



soil, sandy, 

 gem, bell, 

 western, upper, 

 crown, knot, 

 idol, image, 

 pearl, 

 middle, 

 good, fair, 

 long. 



Ney-?, Nesavu . 

 Pal 



Pala 



Periya, Peru 

 Pin (nai) 

 Pon (nai) 

 Pu, Pushpa 

 Pudu, Puthiya . 

 Puram . . 

 Easi 



Se, sen,^Segappu 

 Si for Sri 



Siru, Sitt- 

 Sivap pu 

 Sri, Si . . 

 Sundara . . 

 Ten, Terku 

 Ter 



Tiru ( = Sri) . 



Ul- 



Vada- 



Vala- . . 



Vel, Ven- 



weaving, 



milk. 



old. 



great. 



behind. 



golden. 



flower. 



new. 



side, outside, 

 heap, 

 red, right, 

 auspicious, good 



— tiru. 

 small, little, 

 red. 



fortunate, good, 



beautiful. 



southern. 



idols car. 



holy, auspicious, 



within. 



northern. 



right side. 



white, silver. 



II. 



N.B. — In these columns the article as is omitted. 



Agraharam 

 -alayam . . 

 ambalam 

 -andal 



chattram 

 chavadi, Anglice 



cheri » . 



chey 



doddi 



ellai 



gopuram 



gramam , , , , 



Affixes. 



brahman's village, 

 place, temple, 

 court, hall. 

 ? for enthal = 



highness, a 



tank, 

 king's house, 



palace, 

 rest-house. 

 ' choultry,' Native 



rest-house, &c. 

 village, gathering, 

 rice field, 

 pen, pound, 

 boundary, 

 tower, spire, 

 village, parish. 



idam . . . . place, 

 iruppu . . . . dwelling, 

 kadai . , . . end, market, 

 kattalai . . . . grant, endowment, 

 kattu . . . . tie, building, 

 kidai . . . . fold, yard, 1 khed- 

 dah.' 



kidangu . . . . store, tank, ' go- 

 down.' 



kail, kovil . . temple, 

 kollai . . . . close, field, 

 kondan . . . . ? a title, 

 kottagam . . pond, temple, 

 kottai . . . . fort, 

 kottam .. .. stable, cowshed, 

 kottaram . . big shed, portico, 

 pavilion. 



