TAMIL as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • the Dravidian language spoken since prehistoric times by the Tamil people in southern India and Sri Lanka
    Hypernyms(s) Tamil is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • a member of the mixed Dravidian and Caucasoid people of southern India and Sri Lanka
    Hypernyms(s) Tamil is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower

TAMIL as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • of or relating to a speaker of the Tamil language or the language itself
    Usage Example(s)
    • the Tamil Tigers are fighting the Sinhalese in Sri Lanka
    • Tamil agglutinative phrases
    Pertainym(s)