English

Adjective

Tamil ‎(not comparable)

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

Translations

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

Related terms

• Tamilakam

Translations

Proper noun

Tamil

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

Translations

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaː.mil/

Etymology

From English Tamil, Tamil தமிழ் ‎(tamiḻ, “Tamil”).

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 n)

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

Derived terms

• Tamil Nadu
• Tamiltijger

Anagrams

• mailt

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

tamil m ‎(definite singular tamilen, indefinite plural tamiler, definite plural tamilene)

1. a Tamil (member of a people living in parts of South India and Sri Lanka)

tamil m (uncountable)

1. Tamil (the language spoken by Tamils)

Related terms

• tamilsk

References

• “tamil” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tamil m ‎(definite singular tamilen, indefinite plural tamilar, definite plural tamilane)

1. a Tamil (member of a people living in parts of Southern India and Sri Lanka)

tamil m (uncountable)

1. Tamil (the language spoken by Tamils)

Related terms

• tamilsk

References

• “tamil” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Etymology

From English Tamil.

Adjective

tamil m, f ‎(plural tamiles)

1. Tamil; of or pertaining to the Tamil people of India and Sri Lanka, their culture, or language.
2. Of or pertaining to the Tamil script.

Noun

tamil m, f ‎(plural tamiles)

1. A Tamil person, belonging to the Tamil people.

tamil m ‎(uncountable)

1. The Tamil language.

Swedish

Noun

tamil c

1. Tamil; person from the Tamil people.
2. (uncountable) Tamil; language spoken in the state of Tamil Nadu, India and in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia.

Declension (person)