Tamil

See also tamil

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtæmɪl/, /ˈtæməl/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -æməl

Adjective

Tamil (not comparable)

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

Translations

of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language

• Catalan: tàmil (ca)
• Dutch: Tamil- (nl)
• Finnish: tamili- (fi), tamilinkielinen (fi)
• French: tamoul (fr)
• Hungarian: tamil (hu)

• Khmer: ទមិឡ (km) (tmɨl)
• Malay: Tamil (ms)
• Polish: tamilski (pl)
• Portuguese: tâmil (pt) m and f
• Russian: тамильский (ru) (tamíl’skij) 
• Spanish: tamil (es)

Noun

Tamil (plural Tamils)

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

Synonyms

• (person) Tamilian

Derived terms

• Tamilian
• Tamil Nadu
• Tamil Tiger

Translations

person

• Catalan: tàmil (ca) m and f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 泰米爾人 (cmn), 泰米尔人 (cmn) (Tàimǐ'ěr-rén)

• Dutch: Tamil (nl) m
• Esperanto: tamulo (eo) (man or woman), tamulino (eo) (woman)
• Finnish: tamili (fi)
• French: Tamoul (fr) m, Tamoule (fr) f
• Hindi: तमिल (hi) (tamil)
• Hungarian: tamil (hu)

• Japanese: タミル人 (ja) (タミルじん, Tamiru-jin)
• Persian: تاميل (fa) (tâmil)
• Polish: Tamil (pl) m, Tamilka (pl) f
• Portuguese: tâmil (pt) m and f
• Russian: тамил (ru) (tamíl) m , тамилка (ru) (tamílka) f 
• Sinhalese: දමිළ (si) (damil), දෙමළ (si) (demal)
• Spanish: tamil (es)
• Tamil: தமிழ் (ta) (tamiḻ)
• Telugu: తమిళుడు (te) (tamiḷudu)

Proper noun

Tamil

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

Translations

language

• Arabic: لغة تاميلية (ar) (luughat tamilíyya) f, تاميلي (ar) (tamiiliy) m
• Armenian: թամիլերեն (hy) (t’amileren) 
• Catalan: tàmil (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 泰米爾語 (cmn), 泰米尔语 (cmn) (Tàimǐ'ěr-yǔ)

• Dutch: Tamil (nl) n
• Finnish: tamili (fi)
• French: tamoul (fr) m
• German: Tamil (de) n
• Hebrew: טמילית (he)
• Hindi: तमिल (hi) (tamil) f
• Hungarian: tamil (hu)
• Japanese: タミル語 (ja) (タミルご, Tamiru-go)
• Kannada: ತಮಿಳು (kn)
• Khmer: ភាសាតាមីល (km) (pʰiesaa taamiil)
• Korean: 타밀어 (ko) (Tamir-eo)
• Malagasy: tamily (mg)

• Malayalam: തമിഴ് (ml)
• Marathi: तमिळ (mr) (tamiḷ)
• Navajo: Tʼáámiil bizaad
• Persian: تاميل (fa) (tâmil), زبان تامیل (fa) (zabân-e tâmil)
• Polish: tamilski (pl) m
• Portuguese: tâmil (pt) m and f
• Russian: тамильский язык (ru) (tamíl'skij jazýk) m , тамильский (ru) (tamíl'skij) m , тамил (ru) (tamíl) m 
• Sinhalese: දමිළ (si) (damil), දමිළ භාෂාව (si) (damil bhāṣāva), දෙමළ (si) (demal)
• Spanish: tamil (es) m
• Swedish: tamil (sv)
• Tamil: தமிழ் (ta) (tamiḻ)
• Telugu: తమిళము (te) (tamiḷamu)
• Thai: ภาษาทมิฬ (th) (paa-săa tá-min)
• Urdu: تامل (ur) (tamil) f
• Vietnamese: tiếng Tamil (vi)

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Tamil terms

External links

• ISO 639-1 code ta, ISO 639-3 code tam
• Ethnologue entry for Tamil, ta

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtaː.mil/

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Proper noun

Tamil n

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

Tamil m (plural Tamils, diminutive Tamiltje)

1. Tamil; A person born in one of those regions, belonging to the Tamil people.

Derived terms

• Tamil Nadu
• Tamiltijger

Anagrams

• mailt