Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tamilian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables: tamil-ian
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a person of Tamil ethnicity

adj

Etymology

Etymology tree Old Tamil 𑀢𑀫𑀺𑀵𑁰 (tamiḻ) Tamil தமிழ் (tamiḻ)bor. English Tamil Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Tamilian From Tamil + -ian.

Inflected Forms

Tamilians (plural) Tamilan (alternative) Thamilan (alternative) Thamizhan (alternative) Tamizhan (alternative)

Synonyms

Tamil

Questions

What does tamilian mean?: a person of Tamil ethnicity
Where does tamilian come from?: Etymology tree Old Tamil 𑀢𑀫𑀺𑀵𑁰 (tamiḻ) Tamil தமிழ் (tamiḻ)bor. English Tamil Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Tamilian From Tamil + -ian.

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