/tam"euhl, tum"-, tah"meuhl/ , n. , pl. Tamils , ( esp. collectively ) Tamil , adj.
n.
1. a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
2. the Dravidian language of the Tamils, spoken in India principally in Tamil Nadu state and in Sri Lanka on the N and E coasts.
adj.
3. of or pertaining to the Tamils or their language.