Tamil

• Borrowed from Tamil தமிழ் (tamiḻ, “Tamil”).
• Tam (தம் - ours, ones own) + oli (ஒலி - sound) --> Tamoli --> Tamil

• Hyphenation: Ta‧mil
• IPA^(key): /ˈtæmɪl/, /ˈtæməl/

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• Rhymes: -æməl

Tamil (not comparable)

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

Tamil (countable and uncountable, plural Tamils)

1. (countable) A person who originates ethnically from Tamil Nadu, India or Sri Lanka.
2. (uncountable) A Dravidian language spoken in the state of Tamil Nadu, India and in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia.

• (person) Tamilian

• Tamilian
• Tamil Nadu
• Tamil Tiger

• Tamilakam

• Wiktionary's coverage of Tamil terms

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaː.mil/

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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.

• Tamilagam
• Tamiltijger

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