Tamil Proverbs

Tamil Proverbs draw on one of the world’s oldest living languages, shaped by Sangam poetry and temple-centered life. They prize honor, learning, hospitality, and steady work, often with sharp, earthy wit.

Abstinence is the best medicine. (Tamil Proverb)
Kind words conquer. View proverb
Tamil Proverb
Popular agitation leads to justice. View proverb
Tamil Proverb
The more a ball is struck, the more it rebounds. View proverb
Tamil Proverb
Transliteration: Akatikkut tēyvamē tuṇai. View proverb
Tamil Proverb
Transliteration: Akappaṭṭavaṉukku aṣṭamattuc caṉi, ōṭippōṉavaṉukku oṉpatām iṭattu irājā. View proverb
Tamil Proverb
Transliteration: Akala iruntāl nikaḷa uṟavu, kiṭṭavantāl muṭṭap pakai. View proverb
Tamil Proverb
Transliteration: Akāriyattil pakīratap piriyattaṉamā ceykiṟatu? View proverb
Tamil Proverb
Transliteration: Akkarai māṭṭukku ikkarai paccai. View proverb
Tamil Proverb
Transliteration: Akkāḷ paṇṭam arici, taṅkacci paṇṭam taviṭu. View proverb
Tamil Proverb
Transliteration: Akkiyāṉam piṭitta muṇṭaikkuc civakkiyāṉam eṉṟu pēr. (Tamil Proverb)
Transliteration: Akkuttokku illātavaṉukkut tukkam ētu? View proverb
Tamil Proverb
Transliteration: Aṅkāṭikkāriyaic caṅkītam pāṭaccoṉṉāl, veṅkāyam karuvēp pilai eṉpāḷ. View proverb
Tamil Proverb
Transliteration: Aṅkum iruppāṉ, iṅkum iruppāṉ, ākkiṉa coṟṟukkup paṅkum iruppāṉ. View proverb
Tamil Proverb
Transliteration: Acattukku vāykkappaṭṭu (vāḻkkaippaṭṭu) āyiram varuṣam vāḻvataiviṭa, caṭṭattukku vāykkappaṭṭuc caṭṭeṉṟu tāli iruppatē mēlē. View proverb
Tamil Proverb
Transliteration: Acalilē piṟanta kasmālam. View proverb
Tamil Proverb
Transliteration: Acal vīṭṭukkāraṉukkup parintukoṇṭu, āmpuṭaiyāṉai aṭittāḷām. View proverb
Tamil Proverb
A car without a linch-pin will not move three span. View proverb
Tamil Proverb
Transliteration: Añci naṭakkiṟavarkaḷukkuk kālamalla. View proverb
Tamil Proverb
Transliteration: Añcaṉakkāraṉ mutukil vañcaṉaikkāraṉ ēṟiṉāṉ. View proverb
Tamil Proverb
Transliteration: Añca eḻuttum pāvaṉaiyum appaṉaippōlirukkiṟatu. (Tamil Proverb)
Transliteration: Aintu vayatu piḷḷaikku aimpatu vayatu peṇ kāl muṭakkavēṇṭum. View proverb
Tamil Proverb
Transliteration: Aṭakkamuṭaiyār aṟiñar, aṭaṅkātār kallār. View proverb
Tamil Proverb
An obstinate wife and a haughty husband. View proverb
Tamil Proverb
Transliteration: Aṭā eṉpāṉ, veḷiyē puṟappaṭāṉ. View proverb
Tamil Proverb