Phrase Hound found 8 phrases and 8 compound words that contain tamil. The most common are listed below. Open tamil in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 8
- Tamil TigersA former guerrilla and conventional militant organization that sought the establishment of an independent homeland (ஈழம் (īḻam, “Eelam”)) in the northeast of Sri Lanka for the minority Tamil community.
- Tamil NaduA state in southern India. Capital: Chennai.
- Old Tamila Dravidian language which was spoken in the southern part of India between circa 600 BCE - 300 CE; the ancestor of Middle Tamil and present-day Tamil languages.
- Tamil TigerA member of a guerrilla organization seeking the establishment of an independent state (Tamil Eelam) in the northeast of Sri Lanka for the Tamil community.
- Middle Tamila Dravidian language which was spoken in the southern part of India between circa 700 CE - 1400 CE; the ancestor of Old Malayalam and present-day Tamil languages.
- Tamil EnglishAny form of English spoken by native speakers of Tamil, featuring unique phonetic, grammatical and lexical influences from the Tamil language..
- Jaffna Tamila Tamil dialect native to Jaffna and is the primary dialect used in northern Sri Lanka.
- Tamil EelamThe Tamil-majority provinces of Sri Lanka, comprising of the north and eastern areas.
Compound words 8
- TamilismA religion, philosophy and/or culture native to Tamil Nadu, characterized by the worship of ancestors and nature
- TamilnessThe quality or state of being Tamil.
- TamlishA crossover of Tamil and English language.
- TanglishAn informal language formed by deliberately combining elements of English and Tamil.
- Tamilansplural of Tamilan: a person of Tamil ethnicity
- Tamiliana person of Tamil ethnicity
- Tamilismsplural of Tamilism: A religion, philosophy and/or culture native to Tamil Nadu, characterized by the worship of ancestors and nature
- TamillianAlternative form of Tamilian: a person of Tamil ethnicity