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English Wiktionary Etymology Borrowed from Tamil தமிழ் ( tamiḻ , “ Tamil ” ) ; see that entry for theories.
Pronunciation Hyphenation: Ta‧mil
IPA (key ) : /ˈtæmɪl/ , /ˈtæməl/ 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 ) Tamil Nadu , India or Sri Lanka .( uncountable ) Dravidian language spoken in the state of Tamil Nadu , India and in Sri Lanka , Singapore , Malaysia .Synonyms Derived terms Related terms 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 Further reading Anagrams Dutch Etymology From English Tamil Tamil தமிழ் ( tamiḻ , “ Tamil ” ) .
Pronunciation Proper noun Tamil n
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
Tamil ; A person born in one of those regions, belonging to the Tamil people.Derived terms Anagrams Indonesian Etymology From Tamil தமிழ் ( tamiḻ , “ Tamil ” ) .
Pronunciation IPA (key ) : /ˈtamɪl/ Hyphenation: ta‧mil Proper noun Tamil
Tamil Further reading
