tamil

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: Tam=il

CIDE DICTIONARY

tamil, a. 

 Of or pertaining to the Tamils, or to their language.  [1913 Webster]

tamil, n. [Written also Tamul.].

•  One of a Dravidian race of men native of Northern Ceylon and Southern India.  [1913 Webster]
•  The Tamil language, the most important of the Dravidian languages. See Dravidian, a.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tamil, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a member of a Dravidian people inhabiting South India and Sri Lanka.
2 the language of this people.
--adj. of this people or their language.

Derivative

Tamilian adj.

Etymology

native name Tamil, rel. to DRAVIDIAN