Tamil

Tamil

See also: tamil, támil, tàmil, and tâmil

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil தமிழ் (tamiḻ, “Tamil”); see that entry for theories.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ta‧mil
• IPA^(key): /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) Czech: tamilský Danish: tamilsk Dutch: Tamil- (nl) Farefare: tamɩl Finnish: tamili- (fi), tamilinkielinen French: tamoul (fr) German: tamilisch Hindi: तमिल (hi) (tamil), तामिल (hi) (tāmil) Hungarian: tamil (hu) Italian: tamulo m, tamil (it) m or f Kannada: ತಮಿಳು (kn) (tamiḷu) Kazakh: тамил (tamil) Khmer: ទមិឡ (km) (tmɨl) Malay: Tamil Norwegian: Bokmål: tamilsk Nynorsk: tamilsk Polish: tamilski (pl) Portuguese: tâmil (pt) m or f Russian: тами́льский (ru) (tamílʹskij) Spanish: tamil (es) Tamil: தமிழ் (ta) (tamiḻ) Telugu: తమిళము (te) (tamiḷamu), అరవము (te) (aravamu)

Noun

Tamil (countable and uncountable, plural Tamils)

1. (countable) A person who originates 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.

Synonyms

• (person) Tamilian

Derived terms

• Tamil Eelam
• Tamilian
• Tamilism
• Tamil Nadu
• Tamil Tiger

Related terms

• Tamilakam

Translations

person

Catalan: tàmil (ca) m or f Chinese: Mandarin: 泰米爾人／泰米尔人 (Tàimǐ'ěr-rén) Dutch: Tamil (nl) m Esperanto: tamulo (man or woman), tamulino (woman) Farefare: tamɩlga Finnish: tamili (fi) French: Tamoul (fr) m, Tamoule (fr) f German: Tamile (de) m, Tamilin (de) f Hindi: तमिल (hi) (tamil), तामिल (hi) (tāmil) Hungarian: tamil (hu) Indonesian: orang Tamil Japanese: タミル人 (タミルじん, Tamiru-jin) Khmer: ទមិឡ (km) (tmɨl) Malay: orang Tamil Norwegian: Bokmål: tamil m Nynorsk: tamil m Persian: تامیل‎ (tâmil) Polish: Tamil (pl) m, Tamilka (pl) f Portuguese: tâmil (pt) m or f Russian: тами́л (ru) m (tamíl), тами́лка (ru) f (tamílka) Sinhalese: දමිළ (si) (damiḷa), දෙමළ (si) (demaḷa) Spanish: tamil (es) Tamil: தமிழன் (ta) m (tamiḻaṉ), தமிழச்சி (ta) f (tamiḻacci), தமிழர் (ta) pl (tamiḻar) Telugu: తమిళులు (tamiḷulu) Vietnamese: người Tamil

language

Arabic: لُغَة تَامِيلِيَّة‎ f (luḡa tāmīliyya), تَامِيلِيّ‎ m (tāmīliyy) Armenian: թամիլերեն (hy) (tʿamileren) Catalan: tàmil (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 泰米爾語／泰米尔语 (zh) (Tàimǐ'ěr-yǔ) Czech: tamilština (cs) f Dutch: Tamil (nl) n Farefare: tamɩlnɛ Finnish: tamili (fi) French: tamoul (fr) m German: Tamilisch (de) n, Tamil (de) n Hebrew: טמילית‎ Hindi: तमिल (hi) f (tamil), तामिल (hi) f (tāmil) Hungarian: tamil (hu) Indonesian: bahasa Tamil Japanese: タミル語 (ja) (タミルご, Tamiru-go) Kannada: ತಮಿಳು (kn) (tamiḷu) Khmer: ភាសាតាមីល (pʰiesaa taamiil) Korean: 타밀어 (ko) (Tamir-eo) Malagasy: tamily (mg) Malay: bahasa Tamil Malayalam: തമിഴ് (ml) (tamiḻŭ) Marathi: तमिळ (mr) (tamiḷ) Navajo: Tʼáámiil bizaad Norwegian: Bokmål: tamil m Nynorsk: tamil m Persian: تامیل‎ (tâmil), زبان تامیل‎ (zabân-e tâmil) Polish: tamilski (pl) m Portuguese: tâmil (pt) m or f, tâmul m or f Russian: тами́льский язы́к m (tamílʹskij jazýk), тами́льский (ru) m (tamílʹskij), тами́л (ru) m (tamíl) Sinhalese: දමිළ (si) (damiḷa), දමිළ භාෂාව (damiḷa bhāṣāwa), දෙමළ (si) (demaḷa) Spanish: tamil (es) m Swedish: tamil (sv) Tamil: தமிழ் (ta) (tamiḻ) Telugu: తమిళము (te) (tamiḷamu) Thai: ภาษาทมิฬ (th) (paa-sǎa tá-min) Urdu: تامل‎ f (tāmil) Vietnamese: tiếng Tamil

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Tamil terms

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Talim

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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 n)

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

Derived terms

• Tamilagam
• Tamiltijger

Anagrams

• mailt

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Tamil தமிழ் (tamiḻ, “Tamil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtamɪl/
• Hyphenation: ta‧mil

Proper noun

Tamil

1. Tamil.

Further reading

• “Tamil” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.