Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Power of Tamil

It is often said that India's contribution to the World is Zero (0). But see the power of Zeros!

1 = ONDRU -one
10 = PATHU -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 -?
1000000000000000000 0 = PARARTTAM --anybody know?
1000000000000000000 00 = POORIYAM ---?
1000000000000000000 000 = MUKKODI -?
1000000000000000000 0000 = MAHAYUGAM -?

courtesy: Mr. Anand krishnan

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