THAAREEKHU TO THAALIMI

Thaareekhu = date
Thaaluka = a district
Thaalooku = belonging to
Thaavalam = a ring ,worn by the male indians round the neck ,made of gold or silver , and sometimes of a silken twist strung with coral beads..,japa thaavalam = praying beads..
Thaaladam = to wait ,to stop
Thaalam = a lock , a cymbal..., thaalalu vayinchadam = to strike the cymbals .in this sense , the word is an adoption from the sanskrit .they have a large kind used at the pagodas ,without nautching and there are smaller ones ,for the nautching girls to dance by.those at the pagodas are called = kaithaalam ,..those used for the dancing girls are called = chiri thaalam.
Thaalimi = patience ,forbearance , resignation