Indiatimes

For this professor, tracking Tamil words in English is a passion

How many Tamil words are there in the recent edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED)? Gregory James, a professor with the Language Centre of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, ...
The New Indian Express

Metro Train is 'Maanagara Thodari', noodles, 'Izhaiyunavu': 14 lakh Tamil words & counting, Sorkuvai journey from Sangam era continues

CHENNAI: Sorkuvai Project, a comprehensive word corpus initiative of the Directorate of Tamil Etymological Dictionary Project of the State government launched in 2019, has uploaded 14 lakh words with ...
The New Indian Express

Come March, new Tamil dictionaries are likely to hit the stands

CHENNAI: The 45-year-old Directorate of Tamil Etymological Dictionary Project is reinventing itself to preserve Tamil words for posterity. The directorate is all set to bring out three dictionaries ...
The Michigan Daily

Learning a new language goes beyond words

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Design by Matthew Prock This summer I’ve been learning Tamil. Not only is it the primary language ...
The Hindu

Experts coin Tamil words for medical terms

Dry eyes could from now on be termed ular vizhi in Tamil, while cardiac failure is irudhaya seyalizhappu and anaesthesia is unarvagatri. Creating Tamil equivalents for English medical terminology has ...