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The Hindu , for example, with its headquarters in Madras, dutifully reported the anti-English protests but also carried in its weekend supplement for October 2, 1994, a note on “Escobarring,” by A. Sathyamoorthy, presumably a Tamil.
Expressions like the Tamil Then-nilavu , which is a literal translation of `honey' and `moon' and means `honeymoon,' have also resulted.
Begum `high-ranking Muslim lady' derives ultimately from Eastern Turkic, while cowrie `a type of sea shell' comes from Tamil or Malayalam kavati via Hindi kauri or kaudi . Two Hindi loanwords have their origin in Europe: ayah `native maid or nurse,' the Hindi version of Portuguese aia , and pulton or pultun `infantry regiment,' adapted from paltan , the Hindi version of English battalion .
This applies even to the south Indian state, Tamil Nadu, whose intolerance of our official language, Hindi, is matched evenly by its predilection for English.
Tamil zealots threatened statewide strikes and a demonstration before the Chief Minister's residence seeking immediate withdrawal of the directive.