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TAMIL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Tamil" is a kind of...):

South Dravidian (a Dravidian language spoken primarily in southern India)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of the mixed Dravidian and Caucasian people of southern India and Sri Lanka

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Tamil" is a kind of...):

Dravidian (a member of one of the aboriginal inhabitants of India)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

Tamil agglutinative phrases

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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

Tamil (a member of the mixed Dravidian and Caucasian people of southern India and Sri Lanka)

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