'Tamil' definitions:
Definition of 'Tamil'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to a speaker of the Tamil language or the language itself; "Tamil agglutinative phrases"
noun
A member of the mixed Dravidian and Caucasian people of southern India and Sri Lanka
noun
The Dravidian language spoken since prehistoric times by the Tamil in southern India and Sri Lanka
Definition of 'Tamil'
From: GCIDE
- Tamil \Ta"mil\, a. Of or pertaining to the Tamils, or to their language. [Written also Tamul.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tamil'
From: GCIDE
- Tamil \Ta"mil\, n. [Written also Tamul.]
- 1. (Ethnol.) One of a Dravidian race of men native of Northern Ceylon and Southern India. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The Tamil language, the most important of the Dravidian languages. See Dravidian, a. [1913 Webster]