Madurai Tamil

Madurai Tamil (மதுரை தமிழ்), known as Madurai Bashai, is the dialect of Tamil spoken in the region of Madurai and over a vast geographical area of South Tamil Nadu, the area once ruled by the Pandiya kings. It differs substantially from Nellai Tamil, a region which was also part of the Pandiya domain.

Region of Madurai Tamil
The common dialect has made the term Madurai refer to a much larger area than it actually is. It is not uncommon for people from any of the above cities to introduce themselves as people of Madurai.
 * Madurai
 * Theni
 * Virudunagar
 * Dindigul
 * Ramanathapuram
 * Sivagangai

Words of Madurai Tamil

 * (மறுத) = Madurai
 * (வராய்ங்க) = They're coming
 * (போராய்ங்க) = They're going
 * (அங்கிட்டு) = There
 * (இங்கிட்டு) = Here
 * (எம்புட்டு) = How much?
 * (ராவுறான்) = He is boring
 * (வீயாக்கானமா பேசு) = Speak properly
 * (குண்டக்க மண்டக்க) = Irrelevant
 * (முண்டகலப்ப) = Plough
 * (பட்றைய போடு) = Sit and relax
 * (கொக்க மக்க) = Collective term for cousin
 * (கோலாரா போயிட்டு வா) = Take care
 * (பொசகட்ட பய) = Useless fellow
 * (சீமை எண்ணை = சீம்மண்ணை) = Kerosene
 * (இம்புட்டுகூண்டு) = Very little
 * (ரூட்ட குடுக்காத) = Don't tell lies
 * (வைய்யபோறாய்ங்க) = They are going to scold
 * (பேலாத) = Don't fear
 * = Only for that
 * (இதுகாண்டிதான்) = Only for this
 * (குடிக்காரமட்டை) = Drunkard
 * (ஜாரி) = Beautiful woman
 * (ஆட்டைய போடு) = Steal, thieve
 * (அண்ணே) = Elder Brother
 * (எக்கோய்) = Elder Sister
 * (போடா ங்கொய்யால) = Get out of my way
 * (டுபுக்கு) = Fool (which is derived from kanniyakumari)
 * (மண்டகனம்) = Headweight
 * (சோலிய பாரு) = Mind your own business
 * (லந்து) = Kidding
 * (காப்ரா) = Fashionable
 * (அலப்பறை) = Fashionable
 * (அலும்பு) = Showy, showing pride
 * (ஏழரைய கூ்ட்டாத) = Don't create a scene
 * (ஆட்டும்) = Okay
 * (சூதானமா இரு) = Be careful
 * (கொங்கா பய) = Ignorant (derogatory for Kongu)
 * (காவாளி) = Waste fellow
 * (களவாணி) = Thief
 * (வெள்ளனே) = Early morning
 * (பைய) = Slow
 * (ஒசக்க) = Up
 * = Loft
 * (ஏணி மரம்) = Ladder