Tamil

See also: tamil, támil, tàmil, and tâmil

Tamil - English

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Ta‧mil
IPA: /ˈtæmɪl/, /ˈtæməl/

Adjective

Tamil (not comparable)

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

Translations

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)

(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.

Synonyms

(person) Tamilian

Derived terms

Related terms

Tamilakam

Translations

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

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