Tamils

Variant of Tamil

Tamil definition

Tamil (tam′əl, täm′-, tum′-)

noun

  1. pl. Tamils -·ils or Tamil -·il a member of a people living chiefly in S India and N Sri Lanka
  2. the Dravidian language, ancient or modern, of this people: official language of the state of Tamil Nadu

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