Definition of tamil Tamil

/tʌmɪˈl/ - [tumil] - Tam•il

We found 13 definitions of tamil from 6 different sources.

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What does tamil mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

tamil - the Dravidian language spoken since prehistoric times by the Tamil in southern India and Sri Lanka
tamil - a member of the mixed Dravidian and Caucasian people of southern India and Sri Lanka

Adjective

Tamil, tamiller, tamillest

tamil - of or relating to a speaker of the Tamil language or the language itself; "Tamil agglutinative phrases"
  tamil the Dravidian language spoken since prehistoric times by the Tamil in southern India and Sri Lanka
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • 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.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • tamil (a.)
    Of or pertaining to the Tamils, or to their language.
  • tamil (n.)
    One of a Dravidian race of men native of Northern Ceylon and Southern India.
  • tamil (n.)
    The Tamil language, the most important of the Dravidian languages. See Dravidian, a.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • tamil
    A Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamils in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore.
  • tamil
    A person of the Tamil population group.
  • tamil
    A Vatteluttu script that is used to write the Tamil language.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • 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

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Pronunciation

Sign Language

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