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Tamil

ta·mil

UK/θəˈmɪɹ/ US/t̪əˈmiɻ/ fairly common
adjective (1) noun (2)

adjective

1.

of or relating to a speaker of the Tamil language or the language itself

  • “the Tamil Tigers are fighting the Sinhalese in Sri Lanka”
  • “Tamil agglutinative phrases”

noun

1.

a member of the mixed Dravidian and Caucasoid people of southern India and Sri Lanka

2.

the Dravidian language spoken since prehistoric times by the Tamil people in southern India and Sri Lanka

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