Meanings
adjectiveTamil (not comparable)
- not comparableOf or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language.
When I returned to the movie Ghilli, a Kollywood classic (Kollywood being the informal name for Tamil cinema) that I loved as a kid, I couldn’t help but question why the story continues romantically, without question, after the heroine is slapped by the supposed love of her life.
2025 August 14, Saranka Maheswaran, “Cheer up, Ice Cube, your War of the Worlds movie may be really bad, but it’s not worthless”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2025 - not comparableOf the Tamil script.
proper nounTamil (uncountable)
- uncountablethe Tamil script.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who originates from Tamil Nadu, India or Sri Lanka or has Tamil origins.
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More synonyms by meaning
nounthe Dravidian language spoken since prehistoric times by the Tamil in southern India and Sri Lanka
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Tamil language
Broader
South DravidianSouth Dravidian language
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Tamilதமிழ்“Tamil”
- EnglishTamil
Borrowed from Tamil தமிழ் (tamiḻ, “Tamil”); see that entry for theories.
More words from Tamil
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَامِيلِيّ, لُغَة تَامِيلِيَّة
- تَامِيلِيّ (tāmīliyy)of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
- لُغَة تَامِيلِيَّة (luḡa tāmīliyya)the language
- تَامِيلِيّ (tāmīliyy)the language
Catalan tàmil, tàmil
- tàmilof or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
- tàmilthe language
- tàmilperson
Chinese Mandarin 泰米爾 /泰米尔, 泰米爾語 /泰米尔语
- 泰米爾 /泰米尔 (Tàimǐ'ěr)of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
- 泰米爾語 /泰米尔语 (Tàimǐ'ěr-yǔ)the language
- 泰米爾人 /泰米尔人 (Tàimǐ'ěr-rén)person
Czech tamilský, tamilština
- tamilskýof or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
- tamilštinathe language
Danish tamilsk
- tamilskof or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
Dutch Tamil-, Tamil
- Tamil-of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
- Tamilthe language
- Tamilperson
Esperanto tamulo, tamulino
- tamuloperson
- tamulinoperson
Finnish tamili-, tamilinkielinen
- tamili-of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
- tamilinkielinenof or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
- tamilithe language
- tamiliperson
French tamoul, tamoul
- tamoulof or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
- tamoulthe language
- Tamoulperson
- Tamouleperson
German tamilisch, Tamilisch
- tamilischof or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
- Tamilischthe language
- Tamilthe language
- Tamileperson
- Tamilinperson
Hebrew טמילית
- טמיליתthe language
Hindi तमिल, तामिल
- तमिल (tamil)of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
- तामिल (tāmil)of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
- तमिल (tamil)the language
- तामिल (tāmil)the language
- तमिल (tamil)person
- तामिल (tāmil)person
Hungarian tamil, tamil
- tamilof or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
- tamilthe language
- tamilperson
Indonesian bahasa Tamil, orang Tamil
- bahasa Tamilthe language
- orang Tamilperson
Italian tamulo, tamil
- tamuloof or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
- tamilof or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
Japanese タミル語, タミル人
- タミル語 (Tamiru-go)the language
- タミル人 (Tamiru-jin)person
Korean 타밀어
- 타밀어 (Tamir-eo)the language
Malay Tamil, bahasa Tamil
- Tamilof or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
- bahasa Tamilthe language
- orang Tamilperson
Norwegian Bokmål tamilsk, tamil
- tamilskof or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
- tamilthe language
- tamilperson
Persian تامیل, زبان تامیل
- تامیل (tâmil)the language
- زبان تامیل (zabân-e tâmil)the language
- تامیل (tâmil)person
Polish tamilski, tamilski
- tamilskiof or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
- tamilskithe language
- Tamilperson
- Tamilkaperson
Portuguese tâmil, tâmil
- tâmilof or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
- tâmilthe language
- tâmulthe language
- tâmilperson
Punjabi ਤਮਿਲ਼, ਤਮਿਲ
- ਤਮਿਲ਼ (tamiḷ)of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
- ਤਮਿਲ (tamil)of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
- ਤਮਿਲ਼ (tamiḷ)the language
- ਤਮਿਲ (tamil)the language
- ਤਮਿਲ਼ (tamiḷ)person
- ਤਮਿਲ (tamil)person
Russian тами́льский, тами́льский язы́к
- тами́льский (tamílʹskij)of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
- тами́льский язы́к (tamílʹskij jazýk)the language
- тами́льский (tamílʹskij)the language
- тами́л (tamíl)the language
- тами́л (tamíl)person
- тами́лка (tamílka)person
Spanish tamil, tamil
- tamilof or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
- tamilthe language
- tamilperson
Swedish tamilsk, tamil
- tamilskof or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
- tamilthe language
Tamil தமிழ், தமிழ்
- தமிழ் (tamiḻ)of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
- தமிழ் (tamiḻ)the language
- தமிழன் (tamiḻaṉ)person
- தமிழச்சி (tamiḻacci)person
- தமிழர் (tamiḻar)person
Thai ภาษาทมิฬ
- ภาษาทมิฬ (paa-sǎa tá-min)the language
Urdu تامل
- تامل (tāmil)the language
Vietnamese tiếng Tamil, người Tamil
- tiếng Tamilthe language
- người Tamilperson
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Tamil
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Cite this entry
APA
Tamil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tamil
MLA
“Tamil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tamil. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tamil,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tamil.
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