Talk:Tamil honorifics

Phonetically this should be 'Tiru'. Southern Indians mistake often hear and understand the English fricative 'th' as being the same as the dental Indian plosive 't'. The reverse understanding does not occur, native English speakers hear 't', not 'th'. Imc 20:59, 6 October 2006 (UTC) The Tamil word Thiru from the Sanskrit word Shri

Thiru is a Tamil word which (according to LIFCO Tamil-Tamil-English dictionary) has more than eight meanings. In order to justify one's point of view (or opinion) that Thiru originated from the Sanskrit Shiri it vital to cite a source for verification. The cited source (Caldwell) does not conclusively state that Thiru is originated from Shri.

The point of view that Thiru was originated from Shri introduces an argument that whether Tamils had a polite word (similar to Mr) before Sanskrit was popularized amongst them.

Therefore, either remove the sentence from the Sanskrit Shri or repharase it as claimed to be originated from Sanskrit Shri. until the claim becomes verifiable.

Regards. S.Ratnakumar 01:17, 13 September 2007 (UTC) On the lighter note usage of Shri and Thiru seem to be pretty different, where Shri can be used more than once together as Shri Shri but its not case with Thiru which when used together as Thiru Thiru makes funny sense. :) ώiki Ѕαи Яоzε †αLҝ 09:07, 13 September 2007 (UTC) Just wondering why do we need to mention the etymology of the word "Thiru"? Just mention the meaning (something like "Thiru, a Tamil honorific"). If it is an important word that deserves an encyclopedic article (like Sri), the etymology can go there. utcursch | talk 09:28, 13 September 2007 (UTC) Just realized, there is already an article on Thiru -- the etymology debate can continue there. I am removing it from this article. utcursch | talk 09:29, 13 September 2007 (UTC) Cheers! I would have thought so, but didnt want to feed the trolls to another debate. ώiki Ѕαи Яоzε †αLҝ 10:00, 13 September 2007 (UTC) --Avedeus (talk) 00:28, 16 May 2011 (UTC)