Tamil

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• /θəˈmɪɹ/ original approximation
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• South-Asia: /t̪əˈmiɻ/ original approximation
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• /ˈtæmɪl/
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• /ˈtæməl/
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• rhymes with -æməl
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• CMU ARPABET: T AH0 M IH1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: T AE1 M IH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Tamil தமிழ் (tamiḻ, “Tamil”); see that entry for theories.

129 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَامِيلِيّ (tāmīliyy) — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Catalan: tàmil — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Chinese Mandarin: 泰米爾 /泰米尔 (Tàimǐ'ěr) — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Czech: tamilský — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Danish: tamilsk — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Dutch: Tamil- — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Farefare: tamɩl — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Finnish: tamili- — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Finnish: tamilinkielinen — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• French: tamoul — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• German: tamilisch — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Hindi: तमिल (tamil) — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Hindi: तामिल (tāmil) — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Hungarian: tamil — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Italian: tamulo — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Italian: tamil — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Kannada: ತಮಿಳು (tamiḷu) — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Kazakh: тамил (tamil) — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Khmer: ទមិឡ (tmɨl) — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Malay: Tamil — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Malayalam: തമിഴ് (tamiḻŭ) — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Marathi: तमिळ (tamiḷ) — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Norwegian Bokmål: tamilsk — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tamilsk — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Odia: ତାମିଳ (tāmiḷa) — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Odia: ତାମିଲ (tāmila) — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Polish: tamilski — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Portuguese: tâmil — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Punjabi: ਤਮਿਲ਼ (tamiḷ) — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Punjabi: ਤਮਿਲ (tamil) — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Russian: тами́льский (tamílʹskij) — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Spanish: tamil — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Swedish: tamilsk — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Tamil: தமிழ் (tamiḻ) — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Telugu: తమిళము (tamiḷamu) — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Telugu: అరవము (aravamu) — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Tulu: അരവഭാഷ (aravabhāṣa) — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Tulu: തമുളു (tamuḷu) — of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language
• Arabic: لُغَة تَامِيلِيَّة (luḡa tāmīliyya) — the language
• Arabic: تَامِيلِيّ (tāmīliyy) — the language
• Armenian: թամիլերեն (tʻamileren) — the language
• Catalan: tàmil — the language
• Chinese Mandarin: 泰米爾語 /泰米尔语 (Tàimǐ'ěr-yǔ) — the language
• Czech: tamilština — the language
• Dutch: Tamil — the language
• Farefare: tamɩlnɛ — the language
• Finnish: tamili — the language
• French: tamoul — the language
• German: Tamilisch — the language
• German: Tamil — the language
• Hebrew: טמילית — the language
• Hindi: तमिल (tamil) — the language
• Hindi: तामिल (tāmil) — the language
• Hungarian: tamil — the language
• Indonesian: bahasa Tamil — the language
• Japanese: タミル語 (Tamiru-go) — the language
• Kannada: ತಮಿಳು (tamiḷu) — the language
• Khmer: ភាសាតាមីល (phiesaa taamiil) — the language
• Korean: 타밀어 (Tamir-eo) — the language
• Malagasy: tamily — the language
• Malay: bahasa Tamil — the language
• Malayalam: തമിഴ് (tamiḻŭ) — the language
• Marathi: तमिळ (tamiḷ) — the language
• Navajo: Tʼáámiil bizaad — the language
• Norwegian Bokmål: tamil — the language
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tamil — the language
• Odia: ତାମିଳ (tāmiḷa) — the language
• Odia: ତାମିଲ (tāmila) — the language
• Persian: تامیل (tâmil) — the language
• Persian: زبان تامیل (zabân-e tâmil) — the language
• Polish: tamilski — the language
• Portuguese: tâmil — the language
• Portuguese: tâmul — the language
• Punjabi: ਤਮਿਲ਼ (tamiḷ) — the language
• Punjabi: ਤਮਿਲ (tamil) — the language
• Russian: тами́льский язы́к (tamílʹskij jazýk) — the language
• Russian: тами́льский (tamílʹskij) — the language
• Russian: тами́л (tamíl) — the language
• Sinhalese: දමිළ (damiḷa) — the language
• Sinhalese: දමිළ භාෂාව (damiḷa bhāṣāwa) — the language
• Sinhalese: දෙමළ (demaḷa) — the language
• Spanish: tamil — the language
• Swedish: tamil — the language
• Tamil: தமிழ் (tamiḻ) — the language
• Telugu: తమిళము (tamiḷamu) — the language
• Thai: ภาษาทมิฬ (paa-sǎa tá-min) — the language
• Urdu: تامل (tāmil) — the language
• Vietnamese: tiếng Tamil — the language
• Catalan: tàmil — person
• Chinese Mandarin: 泰米爾人 /泰米尔人 (Tàimǐ'ěr-rén) — person
• Dutch: Tamil — person
• Esperanto: tamulo — person
• Esperanto: tamulino — person
• Farefare: tamɩlga — person
• Finnish: tamili — person
• French: Tamoul — person
• French: Tamoule — person
• German: Tamile — person
• German: Tamilin — person
• Hindi: तमिल (tamil) — person
• Hindi: तामिल (tāmil) — person
• Hungarian: tamil — person
• Indonesian: orang Tamil — person
• Japanese: タミル人 (Tamiru-jin) — person
• Khmer: ទមិឡ (tmɨl) — person
• Malay: orang Tamil — person
• Malayalam: തമിഴൻ (tamiḻaṉ) — person
• Malayalam: തമിഴത്തി (tamiḻatti) — person
• Marathi: तमिळ (tamiḷ) — person
• Norwegian Bokmål: tamil — person
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tamil — person
• Odia: ତାମିଳ (tāmiḷa) — person
• Odia: ତାମିଲ (tāmila) — person
• Persian: تامیل (tâmil) — person
• Polish: Tamil — person
• Polish: Tamilka — person
• Portuguese: tâmil — person
• Punjabi: ਤਮਿਲ਼ (tamiḷ) — person
• Punjabi: ਤਮਿਲ (tamil) — person
• Russian: тами́л (tamíl) — person
• Russian: тами́лка (tamílka) — person
• Sinhalese: දමිළ (damiḷa) — person
• Sinhalese: දෙමළ (demaḷa) — person
• Spanish: tamil — person
• Tamil: தமிழன் (tamiḻaṉ) — person
• Tamil: தமிழச்சி (tamiḻacci) — person
• Tamil: தமிழர் (tamiḻar) — person
• Telugu: తమిళులు (tamiḷulu) — person
• Vietnamese: người Tamil — person