NOUN (2)

1. a member of the mixed Dravidian and Caucasian people of southern India and Sri Lanka;

2. the Dravidian language spoken since prehistoric times by the Tamil in southern India and Sri Lanka;


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of or relating to a speaker of the Tamil language or the language itself;
- Example: "Tamil agglutinative phrases"

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tamil \Ta"mil\, a.
   Of or pertaining to the Tamils, or to their language.
   [Written also Tamul.]
   [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tamil \Ta"mil\, n. [Written also Tamul.]
   1. (Ethnol.) One of a Dravidian race of men native of
      Northern Ceylon and Southern India.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. The Tamil language, the most important of the Dravidian
      languages. See Dravidian, a.
      [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Tamil
    adj 1: of or relating to a speaker of the Tamil language or the
           language itself; "Tamil agglutinative phrases"
    n 1: a member of the mixed Dravidian and Caucasian people of
         southern India and Sri Lanka
    2: the Dravidian language spoken since prehistoric times by the
       Tamil in southern India and Sri Lanka