Different Tastes...

Us Marathis settled down in the South of India over generations can call ourselves Dakshini Marathis. So next time someone asks you what language you talk, proudly say you are a DAKSHINI MARATHI or speak Dakshini Marathi!

Well, having settled in another land one thing all of us have in common is " jeev laamb" . This is because we inherited some dishes and adapted some and ended up with a encyclopaedia of dishes with different tastes.

"Jeev Laamb" is another idiomatic phrase which literally means Long tongue but in a figure of speech means having a penchant for various tastes.
Here are what we call various tastes in our Dakshini Marathi...

Thikhat
तिक्कट 
Spicy

Kadu
कडू 
Bitter

Gulcheet  ( Maybe this got derived from Gulchi गुळची ..made of jaggery)

गुळचीट 
Sweet

Ambat
अम्बॅट 
Sour

Khaarat
खारट 
Salty

Thurat
तुरट 
Astringent

Sappak
सप्पक 
Bland

JEWELRY AND ORNAMENTS!

TMDs or Dakshini Marathis as we call ourselves nowadays,  have our own unique names for pieces of jewellery. There were especially some ornaments that would be always worn by TMD married women. Here I have described some of the ornaments with their typical Marathi names...as we have always called them.

Jewellery is called "Nugh".

Let us begin with....

KAANKAN...... BANGLES

MOTHECHA KANKAN

Pearl Bangles

KUDAKA... EARSTUDS worn by men.

                             

NAAGBANDH ..... ARM-BAND shaped like a snake                       

BAAJUBANDH..... ARM-BAND

                                         NATH ... NOSE JEWEL

PAAINJAN ..... ANKLETS

                                                                                         

PHIRIVACH PHULA is a HAIR ORNAMENT circled into the hair

JODVI ....TOERINGS

MUKHRA .... NOSE RING

BULAAK... NOSE JEWELRY worn on the bridge of the nose

MUDHI ... RING

VANKI MUDHI -- CURVED RING

RAAKHDI... HAIR ORNAMENT

VENICHA NUGH ....Hair ornament for Plait.

Veni is for plait

This is used to adorn the plait.

Lolaak
Hanging earrings

THOD.... EARRINGS

GONDE

Was a decoration worn at the end of a plait. 

BICCHODA-- not a hair ornament, but was a hair style ( a bun like thing) fixed to the hair.

Various stages in Life

Hello readers, I am back again after a long break!
What do we call the various stages in life in Thanjavur Marathi.
Here's my version from what I have heard and derived.

Infant

लहान लेकंरु, 

Lahaan lenkru

Tender Infant  

थाण  लेकंरु

Thaan Lenkru 

कौला लेकंरु  

Koula Lenkru 

Toddler 

बाला 

Baala 

Young Boy 

पोहर 

Pohr

मुलगा  Mulga 
 

Young Girl

पोहरि 

Pohri

मुलगी 

Mulgi

Man

दाधग 

Dadhiga

Woman

बायको 

Baayko

Old Man

म्हातारा  

Mhathara

Old Woman

म्हतारी 

Mhathari

Here is a bonus term we used to use in our house to 

depict a very old man or woman 

पंडू म्हातारा 

Pandu Mhathara 

likening a very old man to a very ripe fruit!