Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Tamil /təm-ĭl'/ · Ta·mil · IPA /θəˈmɪɹ/ a. n. 01 a. Of or pertaining to the Tamils, or to their language. 1. Of or pertaining to the Tamils, or to their language. 02 n. One of a Dravidian race of men native of Northern Ceylon and Southern India. 1. One of a Dravidian race of men native of Northern Ceylon and Southern India.(Ethnol.) 2. The Tamil language, the most important of the Dravidian languages. See Dravidian, a. See: Dravidian