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 Feb 9 2008, 08:30 PM
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Super Member  Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 284 Joined: 1-October 07 From: India Member No.: 50,968  |
Tamil - தமிழ்
You have heard of this very old language ? If yes.. You should have been able to appreciate its richness. Its so rich and one of the most ancient languages that started in the southern most state of India called Tamil Nadu. Its so rich with many features.... It has some of the best book - If you have heard of Thirukkural, Silapathigaram etc etc. These are some of the books that proves you the power of this language. I know theses stuff already and i know very little about numbers in this powerful language. Recently, one of my friends sent me a mail that explained more about numbers in Tamil and the extent to which it can extend. So... here is it for you.. Actually the mail contained few other things in random fashion and i have put some effort in consolidating and bringing you the actual content which i have listed below... The power of numbers in Tamil (Ancient Indian language) The below things are in a particular order ie - Number in digits - Tamil Equivalent word - English word for that number QUOTE 1 = ONDRU -one 10 = PATTU -ten 100 = NOORU -hundred 1000 = AaYIRAM -thousand 10000 = PATTAYIRAM -ten thousand 100000 = NOORAYIRAM -hundred thousand 1000000 = PATTU NOORAYIRAM - one million 10000000 = KOODI -ten million 100000000 = ARPUTHAM -hundred million 1000000000 = NIGARPUTAM - one billion 10000000000 = KUMBAM -ten billion 100000000000 = KANAM -hundred billion 1000000000000 = KARPAM -one trillion 10000000000000 = NIKARPAM -ten trillion 100000000000000 = PATHUMAM -hundred trillion 1000000000000000 = SANGGAM -one zillion 10000000000000000 = VELLAM -ten zillion 100000000000000000 = ANNIYAM - hundred zillion 1000000000000000000 = ARTTAM - ?//// 10000000000000000000 = PARARTTAM -- anyboby know 100000000000000000000 = POORIYAM - <>?#%^& 1000000000000000000000 = MUKKODI - &^*^%^# 10000000000000000000000 = MAHAYUGAM - ???????????????? So... when you go through the above list, you can see that there are no words for the digits in English and i doubt if there are words for those in any of the world languages. But as you can see there are words for those in Tamil and people do use it in daily life. What do you think? Enlighten me if there are any language in the world which does the job and so powerful. |
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Feb 11 2008, 01:34 AM
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Super Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 436 Joined: 3-January 07 From: The West Side Member No.: 36,424 |
QUOTE So... when you go through the above list, you can see that there are no words for the digits in English and i doubt if there are words for those in any of the world languages. But as you can see there are words for those in Tamil and people do use it in daily life. I have a hard time imagining people using digits above trillions in everyday life. |
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Feb 12 2008, 09:53 AM
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Neurotical Squirrel Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 581 Joined: 4-November 04 From: Novi Sad, Vojvodina Member No.: 2,127 |
Yeah, I agree with dre here, I find it rather difficult to imagine someone often using billions or such in everyday life... Other than say, microbiologists or something like that...
Anyways, here are some more names for numbers... And I added their equivalents in Serbian language... QUOTE 100 = 1 = ONDRU -one - jedan 101 = 10 = PATTU -ten - deset 102 = 100 = NOORU -hundred - sto 103 = 1000 = AaYIRAM -thousand - hiljadu 104 = 10000 = PATTAYIRAM -ten thousand - deset hiljada 105 = 100000 = NOORAYIRAM -hundred thousand - sto hiljada 106 = 1000000 = PATTU NOORAYIRAM - one million - milion 107 = 10000000 = KOODI -ten million - deset miliona 108 = 100000000 = ARPUTHAM -hundred million - sto miliona 109 = 1000000000 = NIGARPUTAM - one billion - milijarda 1010 = 10000000000 = KUMBAM -ten billion - deset milijardi 1011 = 100000000000 = KANAM -hundred billion - sto milijardi 1012 = 1000000000000 = KARPAM -one trillion - trilion 1013 = 10000000000000 = NIKARPAM -ten trillion - deset triliona 1014 = 100000000000000 = PATHUMAM -hundred trillion - sto triliona 1015 = 1000000000000000 = SANGGAM -one 1016 = 10000000000000000 = VELLAM -ten 1017 = 100000000000000000 = ANNIYAM - hundred 1018 = 1000000000000000000 = ARTTAM - quintillion - kvinitilion 1019 = 10000000000000000000 = PARARTTAM -- ten quintillion - deset kvintiliona 1020 = 100000000000000000000 = POORIYAM - hundred quintillion - sto kvintiliona 1021 = 1000000000000000000000 = MUKKODI - one sextillion - sekstilion 1022 = 10000000000000000000000 = MAHAYUGAM - ten sextillion - deset sekstiliona 1023 = 100000000000000000000000 = ???- hundred sextillion - sto sekstiliona 1024 = 1000000000000000000000000 = ???- septillion - septilion 1025 = 10000000000000000000000000 = ???- ten septillion - deset septiliona 1026 = 100000000000000000000000000 = ???- hundred septillion - sto septiliona It would be interesting to see these numbers in some other language aswell... |
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Feb 14 2008, 01:20 AM
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Super Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 436 Joined: 3-January 07 From: The West Side Member No.: 36,424 |
QUOTE It would be interesting to see these numbers in some other language aswell... Well that covered Russian and Ukrainian as well, spelled the same and mean the same from what I can see. |
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