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  2. List of English words of Dravidian origin - Wikipedia

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    Ginger, a fragrant spice; exact route from Dravidian is uncertain, but possibly from Tamil inchi (இஞ்சி) or Malayalam inchi (ഇഞ്ചി) [18] Godown, synonym to warehouse; English from Malay, which in turn may have borrowed it from Telugu giḍangi or Tamil kiṭanku. [19]

  3. Kiasu - Wikipedia

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    However, hyper-competitiveness and FOMO are better defined as unintentionally “maladaptive” and hard to control while kiasuism is a controllable and intentional tactic to get above. [18] A closer English synonym to kiasu is the idiom “keeping up with the Joneses”.

  4. Tamil Lexicon dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Tamil Lexicon (Tamil: தமிழ்ப் பேரகராதி Tamiḻ Pērakarāti) is a twelve-volume dictionary of the Tamil language. Published by the University of Madras , it is said to be the most comprehensive dictionary of the Tamil language to date.

  5. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    to rent out (as real property, and denoting the transaction from the owner's perspective); Tenants "take" or "rent" the property being let. *("rooms to let") (n.) the act of renting; rented premises (let out) to reveal allow, give permission. leave (as in let him be or let it be) ease (as in let up on the accelerator) indicate (as in don't let on)

  6. Micromanagement - Wikipedia

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    Merriam-Webster's online dictionary defines micromanagement as "manage[ment] especially with excessive control or attention on details." [3]The online dictionary Encarta defined micromanagement as "atten[tion] to small details in management: control [of] a person or a situation by paying extreme attention to small details."

  7. Talk:List of English words of Tamil origin - Wikipedia

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    If you don't know something, just shut your mouth. Tamil is the mother of all Dravidian languages, you dumbhead. The present Tamil is still the same as the old one. It's like you saying, " since some old English words are not in use today, new English is not the same as old. So, french & present English, branched out from old English".

  8. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...

  9. Tamil loanwords in other languages - Wikipedia

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    There are many Tamil loanwords in other languages.The Tamil language, primarily spoken in southern India and Sri Lanka, has produced loanwords in many different languages, including Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew, English, Malay, native languages of Indonesia, Mauritian Creole, Tagalog, Russian, and Sinhala and Dhivehi.