Definitions for tamilˈtæm əl, ˈtʌm-, ˈtɑ məl
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Tam•ilˈtæm əl, ˈtʌm-, ˈtɑ məl(n.)
a member of a people of S Asia, living mainly in S India and in N and E Sri Lanka.
Category: Peoples
the Dravidian language of the Tamils.
Category: Peoples
Princeton's WordNet
Tamil(noun)
a member of the mixed Dravidian and Caucasian people of southern India and Sri Lanka
Tamil(adj)
the Dravidian language spoken since prehistoric times by the Tamil in southern India and Sri Lanka
Tamil(adj)
of or relating to a speaker of the Tamil language or the language itself
"Tamil agglutinative phrases"
Wiktionary
Tamil(Noun)
A person whose ethnic origins come from Tamil Nadu, India or Sri Lanka.
Tamil(Adjective)
Of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language.
Tamil(ProperNoun)
A Dravidian language spoken in the state of Tamil Nadu, India and in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia.
Webster Dictionary
Tamil(adj)
of or pertaining to the Tamils, or to their language
Tamil(noun)
one of a Dravidian race of men native of Northern Ceylon and Southern India
Tamil(noun)
the Tamil language, the most important of the Dravidian languages. See Dravidian, a
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Tamil
a branch of the Dravidian language, spoken in the S. of India and among the coolies of Ceylon.
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