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Tamil

Tam·il [ támm'l ] (plural Tam·ils or Tam·il)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. member of S Asian people: a member of a Dravidian people who live in southern India and northern Sri Lanka

2. Tamil language: the Dravidian language of the Tamil people. Native speakers: 50 million.

[Mid-18th century. < Tamil Tamiḻ]

Tam·il adjective

See Dravidian.

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