There are good number of words in Sanskrit that are of Tamil origin. I have given a few here. Writing all the words of Tamil origin will be almost like writing a whole dictionary and therefore its not possible. Take the following words for instance.
The Tamil word 'Kudil' is appropriated as 'Kutir' in Sanskrit . The Tamil word Kamam (for a small place where people live in piece and harmony) is called Kramam or Gramam in Sanskrit with an addition of 'r' sound.
Similarly, the place of one's domain called Thiru-Vidam which got deformed to Dravidam in the later days. the word "Thiru" is a prefixed to respect any thing respectable, its like Sri in Sanskrit but offers more meaning than "Sri". Thiru can be used to prefix steps (staircase ) as in Thirupadi, which got deformed to Thirupathi or Tirupathi over a period of time. As the devotes of Venkateshwara Swami treat the path to reach the summit of 7 hills as most sacred they called the steps of 7 Hills as Thiri Padi (Thiru as explained earlier is like Sri in Sanskrit and Padi in Tamil means 'steps', thus Thiru Padi means sacred steps which became Tirupathi over a period of time) Further the word Padi to mean 'steps' was mistaken to mean 'husband' (as "pathi" in Sanskrit means husband) in Telugu they call the Lord as Sri Vari (Sri also means Laxmi in Sanskrit and Varu in Telugu is husband), however this is a wrong translation of the original Tamil word Thiripadi.
In fact the very name Lord Venkateshwara itself was metaphorised so from the word Velkondaeshwaran (Murugan) a Tamil God. There is a story that the original moola vigraha of the Lord was replaced with another vigraham and this information was taken to the court of Thiru Thondaiman Chakravarthi. But for the love of Thiruvenkatam Udayan (Lord Venkateshwara), Thondaiman Chakravarthi turned a deaf ear to the complaint..... (anyway this is not the subject of our discussion and therefore I intend to stop at this stage). The claim that Lord Venkateshwara is not the main deity in Tirumala is on the back drop of the fact that the name of the Lord Venkateshwara does not appear in 18 puranas and also in any of the vedas. It was therefore held that Velkondaeshwaran (Vel for Vel aayudam and Konda a tamil word to mean behold and eshwaran is a generic term needs no elaboration) Vel + Konda + Eshwaran (or Murugan) became Venkateshwaran.
Aarathi A Tamil word:
Aarathi as it stands as a ritual in Temples to offer prayer by lighting camphor is a Tamil word. Aaram in Tamil means a Circle (as in "Poo Aaram" a floral garland in the form of a circle) . Thee in Tamil stands for fire.
Aaram + Thee == Aarathi
We show the lamp or a fire lit out of camphor in the form of circle in temples and also at home and this process is Aarathee. This word Aarathee is directly adopted into Sanskrit, which you can acknowledge when you see there is no word in Sanskrit called Thee to mean fire.
Similarly Aakayam of Tamil has become Aakash in Sanskrit.
Kayam in Tamil means body or object (Kayakalpam is the word in Ayurveda gives us the same root meaning) . Aa + Kayam is Aakayam or Aagayam in Tamil. "Aa" here refers to the one which is devoid off "kayam" (Aa also has another common meaning that is, "to become" and the word "aaga" is opposite word meaning "that which wont become"). Thus Aakayam means the one which is formless (without body) and every matter becomes a body only in Aakayam, i.e. it is sky that accommodates us.
Another word "Aalayam" fortifies the view.
Aalayam a Tamil word:
Aa + Layam = Aalayam (Aalayam means Temple). It is the place where our mind should become one with God and therefore the word "Aa" means to become, and layam is to "become one with". Aalayam of Tamil has become Aalaya in Sanskrit.
Sahodaran or Sahodari are Tamil words:
Saha in Tamil means, fellow, an associate, along with, etc
Udiram in Tamil means blood as in (Uruthiran - a root word for Rudhran, this is separately explained below)
Saha + Udiram = Sahodiran means born along with blood or blood related
Udiram becomes Udiran for masculine gender and Udari for feminine gender.
Saha + Udiran = Sahodiran
Saha + Udirai = Sahodari.
Rudhra
Lord Rudhra is wrongly described in Sanskrit as the lord of destroyer and he is the got of death. The very word Roudram refers to anger in Sanskrit, while the actual meaning lies in Tamil. Long ago when Aasivaga Saints of South India (long before Buddha's time, it goes without saying that it is long before even Sanskrit existed.... informatively Sanskrit is a language fostered in only during Gupta dynasty and not before) were nature worshipers and they worship the creator. The ability to create is called "Uru thiramai".
Uru in Tamil means Creation (it is from this word another word Uruvam evolved for image). Thiramai in Tamil means ability. Consequently the Lord who is capable of creation was called as a god with Uru Thiramai. This word "Uruthiramai" becomes Uruthiran when referring to one entity. Uruthiran finally becomes Rudhran or Rudhra.
Similarly names of other gods of Hinduism are having their roots in Tamil.
Aan Mandi (Aan in Male and Mandi is Monkey) := Aan Mandi has becomeHanuman
Vali another Tamil word for the monkey that was having lot of pride on his huge tail. Val in Tamil means tail and the one who owns such an adorable tail is called Vali.
Ravanan being an astronomer by profession used to fly during night times and this he was called Ra Vanan (Ra in Tamil means night and Vanan refers to his habit of flying during nights).
Ramayana Fame Agalya
Aa Kal aai (means become stone, was the curse on Agalya by her husband and she turns into stone)
Kal in Tamil stands for stone, therefore Aa + Kalaai means become stone.
Kal also means the one which does not move by itself therefore we have another word in Tamil for "not moving" which also sounds like "agalatha".
Eg: Agaladha Pini in Tamil means an continuous illness (or the illness that does not appear to go away)
Adithya: Adi means ancient or first in Tamil. Thee as explained earlier means fire. Man has first fount fire in Sun and thus he was rightfully called Adi Theeyan (first fire)which became Aditya in Sanskrit. Please note that the word "thee" is not fire in Sanskrit and it is fire only in Tamil.
Apart from being called as fire, "Thee" also refers to any star in Tamil. Science says every star is a glowing mass of fire. Mostly every day there is a confluence of two stars and therefore the two Therefore the word 'thee-thee' for two stars becomes 'thedi' for dates in Tamil. The same word 'thee-thee' is also available as a Sanskrit word called 'thidi'. It is probably from this word 'thedi' the English word 'day' could have been born.
Appu means water in Tamil. Appu Lingam means Water Lingam (one of the five pancha bhoota linga is called Appu Lingam). Appu+Ittu+Egam (Abidegam in Tamil) means offering bath with water, which becomes Abishekam in Sanskrit.
The list goes on and on and on..... There are plenty of Tamil words not only in Sanskrit but also in English.
Kalam of Tamil for Time becomes Kal in Sanskrit
Salam (as it moves )of Tamil to mean water becomes Jalam and finally to Jel in Sanskrit
Achalam of Tamil (to mean mountain) becomes Achala directly in Sanskrit.
A + Salam = Achalam (the one which does not move) = mountain.
Aruna Chalam, Venkatachalam, Sonachalam, etc are examples.
Aadhirai of Tamil becomes Aarudhra in Sanskrit, the same word Aadhiria becomes Orion in English too. Thiru Aadhirai is a star constellation refered to as Orion star constellation in English.
Sighai (for head in Tamil) becomes Singam. The word Sikh (Sardarjis) also has its etymological roots in Tamil. Singam has its etymological root in the word sigai (Sigai is head in Tamil, Sigai Alangaram means beautification of head).
Vaku - for Speech / Word / Promise is the root word for the word Vakiyam - whcih means sentence. This is a word of Tamil origin.
Pustak for Book is a Tamil word:
Pudu + Agam in Tamil which came from Pudumai + Agam or Puttagam (with an S in between it became a sanskrit word called Pustagam or Pusthak) Pudu + Agam literally means for New + Life. As the readers learn a lot they get new life by reading books.
Jiranam (for digestion) is a Tamil word:
Seer + Anaithal == Seeranaithal or Seeranam (Digestion)
Seer = Regularizing and the word Anaithal = for the entire body
The list goes on and on.....
Even the place names Mohenjo Daro and Harappa are the names of Tamil origin.
Muham Anju Odharavan to mean the Lord Shiva who spells vedas from all the five faces is called Muham (face), Anju (five in Tamil, which became pacha in Sanskrit and finally to panch in Hindi), Odharavan (means orator or speaker, as a mater of fact the word orator has its roots in the Tamil word Odharavan).
Haran and Appan is Harappa (Haran is Shiva and Appan is Father)
So much for now and let me add few other words in Sanskrit of Tamil origin subsequently. Hope you liked it as much as I did sharing the same.
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