The etymology of the word Kadalai:
The basic concept of the origin of the word Kadalai comes from the sea. In the south Indian language of Tamil, the sea wave is called Kadal Alai. A phonetic concatenation of these words would give us Kadalai. That is, Kadal + Alai = Kadalai.
Now, at the same time, it was found that most of the people of TamilNadu went to the beach to flirt. That was their basic hangout. On research it was also found that these couples who flirt, generally buy groundnuts from the boys selling the same on the beach. Hence, the forefathers of the land of Tamilnadu decided to dedicate both a noun and a verb towards the sea waves (kadalai)
Kadalai (n) : Groundnut
Kadalai (v) : The process of flirting.
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Whoosh.
**I had originally posted this in a thread on orkut..
18 comments:
wah wah wah...what A research! You are going to be famous! ;)
Did you ever consider the possibility of the combination of Kaadhal + lie over a period of time turning into Kadalai ?
Nice one... I now know of another reason why they call it kadalai (Ur Kadal+alai theory)
@Vikram: Really!! Thanks man.... i am expecting a noble prize in literature.. lets see if that happens..
@Somu:
No yaar.. Kaadhal + lie over time would have become "kaadhali", and as u can see, that makes more sense.. :D have u seen any kaadhali(e) not lie-ing ??? ;)
Ha ha..good one!
OMG Vikki....un tholla thaangala...ithellam thevaiyaa..Oh..Jesus Forgive Him (Music as of Keladi Kanmani song.)
@Preetha: Elaam thaana varudhu :)
@Shiv: Jesus is very busy. Avara freeya-vidu!
ADA ADA ADA.....Yenna Research....
ivlo research padipilayo, velailayo panirintha yengayooooo poi iruppe !!!!
HUH ;-))
the cow too chews cud.so could kadalai mean a lot of cud???
@nithya: engaiyum poi irukka maatein. same place la thaan kuppai kottittu iruppein..
sheks, sorry boss.. puriyala.. solpa explain maadu...
now I should say I really know what ure doing other wise...
Seri seri..adangu.. Endho paavome-nnu appreciate pannen..avvalavudhan ;)
@Nanyaar: Wasnt that information in public domain anyways?? ;)
@Preetha: Vidamaatiye!!
superrrrr hehe :-)
@j: :p
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