Definitions for tâmil
ˈtæm əl, ˈtʌm-, ˈtɑ məltâmil

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.3 / 3 votes

1. Tamilnoun

   a member of the mixed Dravidian and Caucasian people of southern India and Sri Lanka

2. Tamiladjective

   the Dravidian language spoken since prehistoric times by the Tamil in southern India and Sri Lanka

3. Tamiladjective

   of or relating to a speaker of the Tamil language or the language itself

   "Tamil agglutinative phrases"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. Tamilnoun

   A person whose ethnic origins come from Tamil Nadu, India or Sri Lanka.

2. Tamiladjective

   Of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language.

3. Tamilnoun

   A Dravidian language spoken in the state of Tamil Nadu, India and in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tamil

   Tamil is a Dravidian language predominantly spoken by the Tamil people of India and Sri Lanka, and by the Tamil diaspora. It is an official language of two countries: Sri Lanka and Singapore. Tamil is also the name of the ethnicity and culture associated with speakers of the Tamil language. The history of this language dates back more than 2,000 years. Additionally, Tamil is a name for a native resident of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu or the north-eastern region of Sri Lanka.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Tamiladjective

   of or pertaining to the Tamils, or to their language

2. Tamilnoun

   one of a Dravidian race of men native of Northern Ceylon and Southern India

3. Tamilnoun

   the Tamil language, the most important of the Dravidian languages. See Dravidian, a

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. Tamil

   tam′il, n. one of the Dravidian languages spoken in south-eastern India and the northern half of Ceylon, possessing a rich and varied literature: one of the Dravidian inhabitants of southern India and Ceylon.—adjs. Tam′il, Tamil′lian, Tamil′ic, Tamul′ic.

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:3.5 / 4 votes

1. Tamil

   a branch of the Dravidian language, spoken in the S. of India and among the coolies of Ceylon.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tamil

   Tamil is an another name for cannabis

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on May 20, 2019  

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1. • Dravidian

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1. Alex

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How to say tâmil in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tâmil in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tâmil in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of tâmil in a Sentence

1. Anjani Mandal:

   Nearly one million of about 4 million trucks plying long-distance cargo are still off the road, hit by a closure of many businesses and a recent surge in virus cases in the state of Kerala here and neighbouring Tamil Nadu.

2. Rahul Gandhi:

   The gunning down by the police of 9 people in ...Tamil Nadu, is a brutal example of state sponsored terrorism. These citizens were murdered for protesting against injustice. My thoughts & prayers are with the families of these martyrs and the injured.

3. Sonya Sceats:

   Sri Lankan torture survivors in treatment with us are adamant that they cannot trust a purely domestic process and will take comfort from the High Commissioner's warning that there must not be a replay of past broken promises, any process that fails to win the confidence of survivors, including from the Tamil minority, is doomed to fail and may set back the common cause of reconciliation.

4. Pradeepa Jayasinghe:

   Its common for Tamil and Sinhalese Christians to marry each other, weve always understood each other very well. We were raised from childhood together.

5. Radhika Ganesh:

   Caste is an open sort of practice accepted in Tamil Nadu. Everyone is silent about it and the silence is tantamount to creating the violence around it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=tâmil
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tamil
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tâmil
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=tâmil
6. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Tamil