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

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

Khmer: ទមិឡ (km) (tmɨl) Polish: tamilski m., tamilska f., tamilskie n. Russian: тамильский (tamíl’skij) Spanish: tamil (es)

Proper noun

Tamil (countable and uncountable; plural Tamils)

1. (uncountable) A Dravidian language spoken in the state of Tamil Nadu, India and in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia.
2. (countable) A person whose ethnic origins come from Tamil Nadu, India or Sri Lanka.

Synonyms

• (person) Tamilian

Derived terms

• Tamilian
• Tamil Nadu
• Tamil Tiger

Translations

the language

Arabic: لغة تاميلية (ar) (luughat tamilíyya) f., تاميلي (ar) (tamiiliy) m. Armenian: թամիլերեն (hy) (t’amileren) 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) Malayalam: തമിഴ് (ml)

Marathi: तमिळ (mr) (tamiḷ) Navajo: Tʼáámiil bizaad Persian: تاميل (fa) (tâmil), زبان تامیل (fa) (zabân-e tâmil) Polish: tamilski (pl) m. 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) (tamiLamu) Thai: ภาษาทมิฬ (th) (paa-săa tá-min) Urdu: تامل (ur) (tamil) f. Vietnamese: tiếng Tamil (vi)

person

Chinese: Mandarin: 泰米爾人 (cmn), 泰米尔人 (cmn) (Tàimǐ'ěr-rén) Dutch: Tamil (nl) m. 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. 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 (tamiLudu)

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Tamil terms

External links

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

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtaː.mil/

• audio

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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