u/Unique_Phrase_7806

It means 'free', as in 'free of charge' in literary Tamil (the colloquial word is ஓசி ōci), but the etymology is missing on Wiktionary. If you nerds know something or can edit the entry, pls do, thx~

I want to begin reading in Tamil, I want to start with easy stuff (preferably for kids). If you guys could suggest or even send any easy material like short stories, pictures books etc... online, that would be helpful

I'm making an Anki flashcard deck to learn the Thaana script, and I have the audio for all the characters except for one, that is ṇaviyani (ޱ). I know it's not used in the in the Northern dialects, but I still like to learn how it's pronounced, since it's used it the south. If anyone were to personally send me an audio file of how it's pronounced (sound and letter name) that would be appreciated, thx <3

I couldn't find it on the Tamil lexicon, or the combined dictionaries, as they are outdated, plus you had to pay to access the latest Cre-A dictionary- but I have the physical copy of the lasted edition of the, so I created the page and manually made a citation for it. Any corrections you'd like to make, you may do.

The word definably exists lol

Actual dictionary

I've added the font, but it has not change

I want to change the font made for this script called Dhives Akuru, which has a Unicode block for it, and a nicer font on Noto, but every time, but every time I try to add it, the bassline just raises instead of the actual characters. I've tried AI, but it doesn't seem to have a straight forward answer. Hope ya'll can help me if you can

I want to make a proper sub for the Dhivehi language, and another one for a writing system that was used to write Dhivehi, Dhives Akuru. While searching for materials for Dhives Akuru, I came across a lot of linguistic stuff as well, so that's when I thought I should a Dhivehi sub as well. Someone did recommend just combing the subs, which I kind of disagree, since they're kind of different things.

For the Dhivehi sub, I want it to be semi-academic, whilst being a place where Dhivehi speakers can talk about the language, and be a good place for learners to ask questions, learn etc...

Dhives Akuru is usually associated with calligraphy nowadays, and isn't really popular even in its birthplace, so I thought it could be a more 'artsy' place- a separate place where learners can discuss how the script works and even share their work.

I've never done this before- I'm trying to learn by myself, so any beginner advice would very much be appreciated. Peace <3

I've added the font, but it has not change

I want to change the font made for this script called Dhives Akuru, which has a Unicode block for it, and a nicer font on Noto, but every time, but every time I try to add it, the bassline just raises instead of the actual characters. I've tried AI, but it doesn't seem to have a straight forward answer. Hope ya'll can help me if you can

I'm trying to edit the Wiktionary page for ஒட்டகம் (oṭṭakam), but I'm confused as to whether the origin word should be औष्ट्रक (auṣṭraka) or उष्ट्र (uṣṭra). I've looked up the given term in the article (उष्ट्रक/uṣṭraka), and it's not there in the combined dictionaries. I've got the other two terms from Malayalam, Kannada (direct borrowing unclear) and Telegu (it lists 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀺𑀬 (uṭṭiya) from Prakrit). I'm also confused because if the word began with 'au' and a 'u', why/how did it become 'o' in the Tamil word?

So what's ya'll's advice on how to edit this article?

Edit: corrections

For context, I speak a decent amount of Tamil. I use avange for both older men and women in the singular, since I personally don't like using avaru for men. In Tamil, அவர்/avar was a term to refer to someone with reverence, irrespective of gender, but in spoken Tamil, it's just a generic pronoun for older men (specifically அவரு).

I'm pretty sure the original form of avange is அவர்கள்/avargaḷ, which later morphed into avange, but that's speculation on my part. Every time I've used avange instead of avaru, everyone generally understands who I'm talking about, without being weirded out or confused.

I just wanted to ask if a similar thing has been observed in other languages, or it this is just exclusive to Tamil. Would it mean Tamil is slowly forming a new pronoun akin to singular 'they', even Tamil speakers aren't exactly aware of it? Or is it just a silly observation of mine?

Posted something similar on the r/tamil sub as well, just less detailed

For context, I speak a decent amount of Tamil. I use avange for both older men and women in the singular, since I don't like using avaru for men. Every time I've used it, everyone generally understands who I'm talking about, without being weirded out or confused.

Tbf, we generally rely on context a lot to get by a conversation, so it could just be that. But at the same time, could it be that a potentially new pronoun is emerging, but we're still not cognitively aware of it yet? Would love to hear your thoughts <3

I'm not Maldivian, but do like boduberu, and not quite familiar. If anyone has has recommendations for albums/playlists, pls do comment (other maldivian music is also fine).

I wanted to edit an Wiktionary article for நோக்கம் (nōkkam), which means "aim" or "something to look forward to", since it says "Cognate with Malayalam [Term?]." at the end- and as far as I can tell, there's no such word as നോക്കം (nōkkam) in Malayalam. I found the term നോട്ടം (nōṭṭaṁ), meaning "manner of looing", but that's already cognate with another Tamil word நோட்டம் (nōṭṭam).

How should I edit this article? Should I write them as cognates or doublets? Can a word have multiple cognates with slightly different meanings? Should I even change anything? I'm still very new to this, fyi, so do be nice to me lol

1 Edit: Did I use the right flair? I was a bit confused on how they work here

2 Edit: I've made entries for നോക്കം, നോക്ക് (since the English entry wasn't there) and have edited the entry for நோக்கம். They're not very detailed but the info is there, plus it took to long lol.