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Definition of Tamil in English: Tamilnoun ˈtamɪlˈtæməl 1A member of a people inhabiting parts of southern India and Sri Lanka. Example sentencesExamples - Afterward, Tamils accused the government of holding up emergency shipments to western areas that they control.
- They have a very different language, and while the Sinhalas are mainly Buddhist, most Tamils come from a Hindu or Muslim background.
- He also berated the government for failing to prevent clashes last month between Tamils and Muslims in the country's east.
- None of this is helped by the continuing ethnic conflict between the Sinhalese and the Tamils on the island.
- Funds were raised for his defence not only in India but also by the Tamils in South Africa.
- Like many Tamils in northern Sri Lanka, his health was seriously affected by the country's protracted civil war.
- Many Tamils in Sri Lanka identify with this homeland, which runs along the shores of the Bay of Bengal in India.
- The majority of Tamils live peacefully with other ethnic groups.
- The Sinhalese are mainly Buddhists while the Tamils are mostly Hindus.
- The Tamils live amid the continuous destruction caused by the war.
- A few Tamils, living and working in different Arab countries, shared their views through the web.
- The use of the emergency laws will not be confined to Tamils.
- The province is populated by the Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims in roughly equal proportions.
- The conflict in Sri Lanka today is not between the Sinhalese and the Tamils, but between the Government and a rebel group.
- Meanwhile young Tamils were flocking to join the militant groups which were soon to benefit from military training in India on a massive scale.
- People have also complained of discrimination against Muslims and Tamils in Sri Lanka's eastern provinces.
- I accept of course that the appellant and her family like many Tamils in the north of Sri Lanka have been affected by the conflict in Sri Lanka.
- In a country which has strong ties with India, these Tamils constitute the strongest link.
- A special feature of the campaign was to expose the discrimination against Tamils in Sri Lanka.
- Sri Lanka's Tamils have fought for decades to establish a homeland.
2mass noun A Dravidian language spoken by Tamils in southern India, Sri Lanka, and elsewhere. The language is more than 2,000 years old. Example sentencesExamples - ‘But spoken Tamil and written Tamil are almost like two different languages,’ she laughs.
- The software is available in Hindi and regional languages including Tamil.
- While its history is shrouded, it set the stage for an outpouring of medieval poetry in Tamil, a Dravidian language.
- Immigrants from the states of southern India speak regional languages like Tamil, Telegu, or Malayalam.
- In fact, one understands the literary value of Tamil only by learning more languages.
- Most Hindus in Malaysia speak Tamil, even if they are Gujarati or Telegu.
- However, most of the concerts are performed in languages other than Tamil.
- Seeing that I was an Indian she took it for granted that I spoke Tamil.
- Apart from his mother tongue, Tamil, he is able to understand and speak English.
- The actor says he is now able to speak in broken Tamil.
- Radio stations rebroadcasted his Internet talks, and newspapers published his messages translated into Tamil.
- She speaks French, Spanish, Italian, English, Tamil, Telegu and Malayalam.
- Though he is not familiar with Tamil language, he loves speaking in Tamil.
- Children come to learn the languages of their ancestry - Telegu, Kannada, Tamil, Hindi and Sanskrit.
- The country's official languages are Sinhala and Tamil, but English is also spoken throughout Sri Lanka.
- He is not a racialist, he can speak Tamil, and he knows the village scene and its characters well, and was not afraid to show his emotions.
- He abolished his predecessor's discrimination against the Tamils, for example by introducing Tamil as an official language next to Sinhalese.
- For him the agreement comes at an ideal moment as he is handling dual language movies in Tamil and Hindi.
- The thriller is also slated for release in at least two other languages - Tamil and Telugu.
- We can speak and prepare documents in the local languages - Sinhala and Tamil.
adjective ˈtamɪlˈtæməl Relating to the Tamils or their language. Example sentencesExamples - There is also some real good news for Tamil movie buffs.
- Can you see this process leading to more moderate Tamil voices emerging in the political system, very briefly, if you will?
- The discussion centred on characterisation in Tamil films.
- Since the topic cut across language barriers, the competition was split into English and Tamil categories.
- However, I consider myself to be Sinhalese, as I have no comprehension of the Tamil language or culture.
- All participants later took an oath to strive for the development of the Tamil language.
- A few months ago, he organised a conference of Tamil scholars.
- These contests have been organised with a view to perpetuating the cultural consciousness of Tamil tradition and national heritage.
- At the same time I wanted to show that Tamil films are not inferior to other language films in content and technical brilliance.
- Stating that the Confederation had adopted its own flag and Tamil anthem, he said there was a need for the Tamils across the world to rally behind it.
- What about the current controversy over ‘erotic’ poetry by Tamil women poets?
- In spite of the restricted access to Tamil channels, the users were attracted by the additional facility of getting FM radio programmes.
- A doyen of modern Tamil drama assures that teachers, by learning theatre art, can make academic activities enchanting.
- To them she was known as ‘Amma,’ which means mother in the Tamil language.
- For about five decades, he had been the uncrowned monarch of Tamil film music, working with all the leading music directors and lyricists.
- He has come a long way in exploring Tamil culture.
- Unanimous agreement from Tamil parties also was absent.
- He argues that even after learning the entire Tamil alphabet one will be unable to pronounce some words and letters, unique to Tamil language.
- At a time when classical music is turning its attention to the usage of original Tamil songs and lyrics, it is only natural for the world of dance to follow suit.
- He is sad that there are no efforts to translate Tamil works into other languages.
Definition of Tamil in US English: Tamilnounˈtaməlˈtæməl 1A member of a people inhabiting parts of southern India and Sri Lanka. Example sentencesExamples - Sri Lanka's Tamils have fought for decades to establish a homeland.
- Like many Tamils in northern Sri Lanka, his health was seriously affected by the country's protracted civil war.
- The province is populated by the Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims in roughly equal proportions.
- The majority of Tamils live peacefully with other ethnic groups.
- Funds were raised for his defence not only in India but also by the Tamils in South Africa.
- The Sinhalese are mainly Buddhists while the Tamils are mostly Hindus.
- People have also complained of discrimination against Muslims and Tamils in Sri Lanka's eastern provinces.
- In a country which has strong ties with India, these Tamils constitute the strongest link.
- The Tamils live amid the continuous destruction caused by the war.
- They have a very different language, and while the Sinhalas are mainly Buddhist, most Tamils come from a Hindu or Muslim background.
- The use of the emergency laws will not be confined to Tamils.
- I accept of course that the appellant and her family like many Tamils in the north of Sri Lanka have been affected by the conflict in Sri Lanka.
- A few Tamils, living and working in different Arab countries, shared their views through the web.
- Afterward, Tamils accused the government of holding up emergency shipments to western areas that they control.
- Meanwhile young Tamils were flocking to join the militant groups which were soon to benefit from military training in India on a massive scale.
- The conflict in Sri Lanka today is not between the Sinhalese and the Tamils, but between the Government and a rebel group.
- Many Tamils in Sri Lanka identify with this homeland, which runs along the shores of the Bay of Bengal in India.
- None of this is helped by the continuing ethnic conflict between the Sinhalese and the Tamils on the island.
- He also berated the government for failing to prevent clashes last month between Tamils and Muslims in the country's east.
- A special feature of the campaign was to expose the discrimination against Tamils in Sri Lanka.
2A Dravidian language spoken by Tamils in southern India, Sri Lanka, and elsewhere. The language is more than 2,000 years old. Example sentencesExamples - Seeing that I was an Indian she took it for granted that I spoke Tamil.
- Immigrants from the states of southern India speak regional languages like Tamil, Telegu, or Malayalam.
- The actor says he is now able to speak in broken Tamil.
- Though he is not familiar with Tamil language, he loves speaking in Tamil.
- He abolished his predecessor's discrimination against the Tamils, for example by introducing Tamil as an official language next to Sinhalese.
- However, most of the concerts are performed in languages other than Tamil.
- Radio stations rebroadcasted his Internet talks, and newspapers published his messages translated into Tamil.
- Children come to learn the languages of their ancestry - Telegu, Kannada, Tamil, Hindi and Sanskrit.
- He is not a racialist, he can speak Tamil, and he knows the village scene and its characters well, and was not afraid to show his emotions.
- The country's official languages are Sinhala and Tamil, but English is also spoken throughout Sri Lanka.
- The software is available in Hindi and regional languages including Tamil.
- For him the agreement comes at an ideal moment as he is handling dual language movies in Tamil and Hindi.
- Apart from his mother tongue, Tamil, he is able to understand and speak English.
- She speaks French, Spanish, Italian, English, Tamil, Telegu and Malayalam.
- The thriller is also slated for release in at least two other languages - Tamil and Telugu.
- In fact, one understands the literary value of Tamil only by learning more languages.
- ‘But spoken Tamil and written Tamil are almost like two different languages,’ she laughs.
- We can speak and prepare documents in the local languages - Sinhala and Tamil.
- While its history is shrouded, it set the stage for an outpouring of medieval poetry in Tamil, a Dravidian language.
- Most Hindus in Malaysia speak Tamil, even if they are Gujarati or Telegu.
adjectiveˈtaməlˈtæməl Relating to the Tamils or their language. Example sentencesExamples - All participants later took an oath to strive for the development of the Tamil language.
- There is also some real good news for Tamil movie buffs.
- Unanimous agreement from Tamil parties also was absent.
- At a time when classical music is turning its attention to the usage of original Tamil songs and lyrics, it is only natural for the world of dance to follow suit.
- The discussion centred on characterisation in Tamil films.
- For about five decades, he had been the uncrowned monarch of Tamil film music, working with all the leading music directors and lyricists.
- These contests have been organised with a view to perpetuating the cultural consciousness of Tamil tradition and national heritage.
- He has come a long way in exploring Tamil culture.
- A few months ago, he organised a conference of Tamil scholars.
- Since the topic cut across language barriers, the competition was split into English and Tamil categories.
- However, I consider myself to be Sinhalese, as I have no comprehension of the Tamil language or culture.
- He argues that even after learning the entire Tamil alphabet one will be unable to pronounce some words and letters, unique to Tamil language.
- Can you see this process leading to more moderate Tamil voices emerging in the political system, very briefly, if you will?
- He is sad that there are no efforts to translate Tamil works into other languages.
- In spite of the restricted access to Tamil channels, the users were attracted by the additional facility of getting FM radio programmes.
- Stating that the Confederation had adopted its own flag and Tamil anthem, he said there was a need for the Tamils across the world to rally behind it.
- To them she was known as ‘Amma,’ which means mother in the Tamil language.
- What about the current controversy over ‘erotic’ poetry by Tamil women poets?
- At the same time I wanted to show that Tamil films are not inferior to other language films in content and technical brilliance.
- A doyen of modern Tamil drama assures that teachers, by learning theatre art, can make academic activities enchanting.
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