Tamil

[tam-uhl, tuhm-, tah-muhl]

noun

plural

Tamils ,

plural

Tamil .

1. a member of a Dravidian people of southern India and Sri Lanka.

2. the Dravidian language of the Tamils, spoken in India principally in Tamil Nadu state and in Sri Lanka on the northern and eastern coasts.

adjective

1. of or relating to the Tamils or their language.

Tamil

/ ˈtæmɪl /

noun

1. a member of a mixed Dravidian and Caucasoid people of S India and Sri Lanka

2. the language of this people: the state language of Tamil Nadu, also spoken in Sri Lanka and elsewhere, belonging to the Dravidian family of languages

adjective

1. of or relating to this people or their language

Example Sentences

Arattai, which means banter in the Tamil language, had a soft launch in 2021, but not many had heard of it.

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Tens of thousands of people turned up at the campaign event held by Vijay in Karur district in Tamil Nadu state.

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At least 36 people have died, including children, in a crush at a political rally in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, state officials say.

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His unique situation spotlights the plight of thousands of Sri Lanka's Tamil refugees in India who fled the island nation during its decades-long conflict in the 1980s.

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In Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, courts even struck down state-level bans on gaming platforms on these grounds.

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When To Use

What does Tamil mean?

Tamil is the name for a person of a Dravidian culture group that is located primarily in Southern India and northeastern Sri Lanka.Tamil is also the name of the language spoken by Tamils.Tamils, like all Dravidian peoples, are aboriginal to Southern India and Sri Lanka. That is, Dravidian peoples are the earliest known inhabitants of that geographic area.Today, most of the world’s Tamils live in the southeastern Indian state of Tamil Nadu and northern part of the country of Sri Lanka, although many Tamils live around the world.