tamil Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a member of the mixed Dravidian and Caucasian people of southern India and Sri Lanka
  2. noun the Dravidian language spoken since prehistoric times by the Tamil in southern India and Sri Lanka
  3. adjective of or relating to a speaker of the Tamil language or the language itself
    • Tamil agglutinative phrases

WordNet

Ta"mil adjective
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to the Tamils, or to their language. Written also Tamul.
Ta"mil noun
Etymology
Written also Tamul.
Definitions
  1. (Ethnol.) One of a Dravidian race of men native of Northern Ceylon and Southern India.
  2. The Tamil language, the most important of the Dravidian languages. See Dravidian, a.

Webster 1913