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
• Malayalam: തമിഴ് (ml) (tamiḻŭ)
• Marathi: तमिळ (mr) (tamiḷ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tamilsk

  Nynorsk: tamilsk

• Polish: tamilski (pl)
• Portuguese: tâmil (pt) m or f
• Punjabi: ਤਮਿਲ਼ (tamiḷ)
• Russian: тами́льский (ru) (tamílʹskij)
• Spanish: tamil (es)
• Swedish: tamilsk (sv)
• Tamil: தமிழ் (ta) (tamiḻ)
• Telugu: తమిళము (te) (tamiḷamu), అరవము (te) (aravamu)
• Tulu: അരവഭാഷ (aravabhāṣa), തമുളു (tamuḷu)

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
• 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

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

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

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaː.mil/

• audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Tamil n

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

Proper noun

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

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: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.