www.languagereef.com Learn Sanskrit letters in Tamil Note: The number of consonants in Tamil is just 18 compared to other Indian languages like Sanskrit, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada etc. Also to write Sanskrit names and words in Tamil, some of the Sanskrit letters were introduced to Tamil. Some use the Sanskrit letters but some just use the Tamil equivalent as shown in this video.
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ஜ Ja as in jug
ஜகம்
ஜடாமுடி
world
matted hair
jagam
jadaamudi
ஜனம்/ சனம்
janam/sanam people Letter equivalent to ja is sa. In books and other literature who conventionally try to use just Tamil words, ja is replaced by sa as shown for the janam.
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ஹ manohar ha as in half
மனனாஹர்
மனனாகர்
A name.
A name.
manogar
ஹல்வா/அல்வா
halwa A sweet.
Letter equivalent to ja is ga/ka/a. In books and other literature who conventionally try to use just Tamil words, ha is replaced by ga/ka as shown for manohar.
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ஸ sa as in sun
புஸ்தகம் pusthagam book
புத்தகம்
puththagam book
ஸரஸ்வதி
saraswathi goddess
Letter equivalent to sa is tha. In books and other literature who conventionally try to use just Tamil words, sa is replaced by tha as shown for pusthakam. Some words don’t have equivalent like in Saraswathi.
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க்ஷ ksha as in sun
னமாக்ஷம் motKsham heaven
பக்க்ஷி
லக்ஷ்மி
bird
name of goddess of wealth
pakshi
னமாட்சம்
motcham heaven
lakshmi
Ksha is combination of ka and sha . Letter equivalent to ksha is tcha. In books and other literature who conventionally try to use just Tamil words, ksha is replaced by tcha as shown for motcham. Some words don’t have a proper Tamil equivalent.
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ஷ sha as in shut
நஷ்டம் nashtam loss
நட்டம்
nattam loss
வருஷம்
வருடம்
ஷண்முகம்
year
year
a name of God
varusham
varudam
shaNmugam சண்முகம் saNmugam a name of God
Letter equivalent to sha is ta/sa. In books and other literature who conventionally try to use just Tamil words, sha is replaced by ta as shown for nashtam. Some words don’t have a proper Tamil equivalent. Copyright www.languagereef.com
ஸ்ரீ
sri as in sridevi
ஸ்ரீனதவி sridEvi a name
ஜஜயஸ்ரீ
jayasri A name
ஸ்ரீவள்ளி srivaLLi
ஸ்ரீரங்கம் srirangam
a name of goddess
a name of place
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