Etymology of the name of the classical language, Tamil;
The exact period when the name "Tamil" came to be applied to the language is unclear, as is the precise etymology of the name. The earliest attested use of the name is found inTholkappiyam, which is dated as early as 1st century BCE.Southworth suggests that the name comes from tam-mi? > tam-i? 'self-speak', or 'one's own speech' (see Southworth's derivation of Sanskrit term for "others" or Mleccha).Kamil Zvelebil suggests an etymology of tam-i? , with tam meaning "self" or "one's self", and " -i? " having the connotation of "unfolding sound". Alternatively, he suggests a derivation of tami? < tam-i? < * tav-i? < * tak-i? , meaning in origin "the proper process (of speaking)"
The Tamil Lexicon of University of Madras defines the word 'Tamil' as 'sweetness'. [ S.V Subramanian suggests the meaning 'sweet sound' from 'tam'- sweet and 'il'- 'sound'. A metaphysical meaning was given by Vallalar. Vallalar explains the word Thamizh having 5 units of measure Th+a+m+i+zh as the Natural Truth process of Divine essence involving ('Th+a'), manifesting in the physical body as human being and evolving into the Supramental Being ('m+i') to experience the Perfect Oneness Delight ('zh'). This metaphysical meaning indirectly leads to the meaning of Sweetness or Compassion.
1. The name of the language Tamil is the combination of Tha + Maa+ la. Tha means red in Tamil. Ma+a means big Aa. Aa means Athee or old and great in Tamil. La means light [which is responsible for the shadow] or shadow in Egypt.[Egyptian sheut] . Hence Tha ma la means red light of the Aathee, the sun or red necklace or sigappu malai [ of Siva] or Siva malai or Siva maalai . Thamala had become Thamil. In simpler term Thamala means sun light particularly morning sun light. That is the reason, Dravidian believe that the language was give to them by lord Siva.
2. Tamil-- literally means ‘Language ‘. How do we say?
The Sumerian word for ‘tongue' or ‘language' is ‘Tal ‘or ‘Til' or ‘Dil ‘[Turkish]. Til ‘ or ‘Tal' has the composition of Thee+la which means ‘fire' flame , the red tongue . ‘Thee ‘is the fire, ‘la' is the light. Thee ‘ is hot while ‘ tha ‘ is cool as in Thailam , Thaila or Thailammai , River Tigris etc . The word ‘Tillai' signifies ‘fire' or sun god as In Thillai Natarasan , Thillai Ambalam , Thilagan etc . Sumerialogists like Prof. Loganathan suggests that the Sumerian language is really a form of archaic Tamil. Dr. Clyde. A. Winter considers that the Sumerian civilization is actually the civilization of the Black Dravidian people. Al fred Hamori has shown that the Sumerian words are very much similar to Tamil words. Polat Kaya says that the Sumerian language is very much related to the Turkish language and the Sumerian civilization is a ‘Turanian' one. Since the Sumerian language - Tal , the red tongue was originated from the fire flame - given by the sun god , the language per se was called as ‘ Thee +ill ‘– i.e. Came out or born out of the ‘thee' fire or given by the sun god. The original name ‘Tamil' has the additional syllable ‘Ma' {Thee +Ma+la } .' Tal ‘or ‘Til' is the short form of the word Tamil. It seems that the word for' language ‘in Sumerian land is simply the ‘Tamil'. The word for language in Tamil is Mozhi [Ma+la ] which is the 2 nd part of the word Ta + mil [ Tal + Mozhi ] and Sumerian word Tal is the first part of the word Tamil. Both the words have retained the syllable la. Tal -mozhi – or Tamil simply means the' language'. Hence The Tamil language has no name. ]
The noise of the Thunder, the voice or the language of the sun god as perceived by the Tamil people is “Dam… Dam! …Dum... Dum! Damal! “. The sound ‘Damal' / ‘Tamal ‘is very much the same as the word Tamil. Dravidian people learnt the syllable ta, /da ,‘tha' and ‘thee' only from the ‘ idi ‘–the thunder [ Tamil –Tandam] of their sun god Saeyon , the Greek Zeus. The lightening associated with the thunder is called as ‘minnal'. ‘La ‘means the ‘light' or ‘bright' or'shiny' or ‘white' as in Nila, the Tamil word for moon. ‘Ma' in Tamil means ‘big' or great. The ‘ma' or' mi' with the addition of ‘dam' or tam and the' la' gives the word Tamil. The cuneiform letters written in the shape of the cone and the sticks signify the ‘Kon', the sun god and the fire sticks, the Minnal [Min+anal] .Hence the name Tamil signifies the language of the fire flame or the language of the Thunder'-idi ‘and lightening –‘Minnal.' In fact the name Deva Nagari also means the language of the Ra , the sun god. Deva Nagari is the corrupted form of the Tamil name Thee ya Nakku Orai or Thee Aa +na +ka+Ra. Na+ akku = Nakku or the fire flame or the red tongue. ‘The Nakku urai' [ Deva Nagari] means the ‘prose' or ‘the language of the sun god'.
Tamil is called as Muthamil [ prose, music and Drama], Sentamil [ classical language] , Panithamil [ live one ] , Natramil [ good language], Koduntamil [colloquial form ] Poontamil [ like the fire or the flower] etc. The name ‘Tellu Tamil' [ tol -primordial –ancient—oldest ] is nothing but the Sumerian Tamil. The names of the other Dravidian languages Telugu, Tulu are simply the Sumerian ‘Tal'.
South central Dravidian languages like Maria and Muria has the ‘maru' part of the name Sumerian. Most of the names of the Dravidian languages have the first syllable as KO. for example ; Kondi ,kond , kui , koraga, kudia , koya, kuvi , kinwar , ,kannada , kota, kudumba , kolami , kuruk, koya , kalanadi ,kunduvadi, kumbaran , kanikkaran , kumarbhag and kuruchia .The magical letter' ko' [ ‘ka' of the Egyptian and ‘ka' of the Sumerian] denoted that the languages came from the sky. The other Dravidian languages like Mayalam has the Dravidian magical syllable Ma [ great or big]; The language pardan has the magical syllable ‘Pa' [ Egyptian ba – Sumerian ba]; Badaga has the letter ‘Ba' or ‘pa' ;Toda has the ‘thee' in it; Brahui has the' ba' in it; Savera and Chenchu have the ‘sa ‘in them ;Nagarchal and Naiki have the ‘na' in them. Allar has the Aa and Irulan has the magical letter' e' [Tamil and Sumerian –earth]. |
