In the history of Tamil dictionaries, A Tamil-English Dictionary has a special place. Published in 1870 and reissued in 1888 by V. Visvanatha Pillai, it is probably the first dictionary compiled by a ...

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 ...

Tamil might have attained the status of a Chemmozhi (classical language), but the officialdom still uses English copiously in their day-to-day business and the official communication. TRICHY: Tamil ...

NGO INHAF distributes Tamil-translated UNDP Climate Dictionary to Chennai schools, enhancing climate literacy and supporting ...

CHENNAI: Even Tamil teachers in the state might be taken aback if we told them that the origins of the English word ‘free’ could be traced to Tamil. While etymology links it to the Sanskrit root ‘pri’ ...