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Borrowed from Tamil தமிழ் (tamiḻ, “Tamil”); see that entry for theories.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtæmɪl/, /ˈtæməl/
- Hyphenation: Ta‧mil
- Rhymes: -æməl
Adjective
Tamil (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language.
Translations
of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
Noun
Tamil (countable and uncountable, plural Tamils)
- (countable) A person who originates from Tamil Nadu, India or Sri Lanka.
- (uncountable) A Dravidian language spoken in the state of Tamil Nadu, India and in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia.
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
- Malayalam: തമിഴൻ (ml) (tamiḻaṉ), തമിഴത്തി (tamiḻatti)
- Marathi: तमिळ (mr) (tamiḷ)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: tamil m
- Nynorsk: tamil m
- Persian: تامیل (tâmil)
- Polish: Tamil (pl) m, Tamilka (pl) f
- Portuguese: tâmil (pt) m or f
- Punjabi: ਤਮਿਲ਼ m or f (tamiḷ)
- 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
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language
- Arabic: لُغَة تَامِيلِيَّة f (luḡa tāmīliyya), تَامِيلِيّ m (tāmīliyy)
- Armenian: թամիլերեն (hy) (tʻamileren)
- 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
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Proper noun
Tamil m (plural Tamils, diminutive Tamiltje n)
- Tamil; A person born in one of those regions, belonging to the Tamil people.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtamɪl/
- Hyphenation: Ta‧mil
