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tamias striatus |
tamiasciurus |
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tamiasciurus hudsonicus |
tamil
| tamil eelam
| tamil nadu
| tamil tigers
| tamilian
| tamine
tamil
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tamil has 2 senses
- tamil(n = noun.person) Array - a member of the mixed Dravidian and Caucasian people of southern India and Sri Lanka; Array is a kind of dravidian
- tamil(n = noun.communication) Array - the Dravidian language spoken since prehistoric times by the Tamil in southern India and Sri Lanka; Array is a kind of south dravidian
Adjective tamil has 1 sense
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.
--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
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