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Old Tamil

Old Tamil proper noun: a Dravidian language which was spoken in the southern part of India between circa 600 BCE - 300 CE; the ancestor of Middle Tamil and present-day Tamil languages.

Proper noun

Old Tamil

  1. a Dravidian language which was spoken in the southern part of India between circa 600 BCE - 300 CE; the ancestor of Middle Tamil and present-day Tamil languages.

Old Tamil meaning in Hindi and Tamil

Old Tamil in Hindi

language
पूर्व-तमिल pūrv-tamil

Old Tamil in Tamil

language
பழந்தமிழ் paḻantamiḻ

Questions about Old Tamil

What does Old Tamil mean?
Old Tamil means a Dravidian language which was spoken in the southern part of India between circa 600 BCE - 300 CE; the ancestor of Middle Tamil and present-day Tamil languages.
What is Old Tamil in Hindi?
Old Tamil in Hindi is पूर्व-तमिल (pūrv-tamil). See Old Tamil meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Old Tamil?
Old Tamil is a proper noun.

Words near Old Tamil in the dictionary

  1. old sweats
  2. Old Swedish
  3. Old Swiss Confederacy
  4. Old Tagalog
  5. Old Tallangatta
  6. Old Tamil
  7. Old Testament
  8. Old Testamental
  9. old thing
  10. Old Tibetan
  11. old time

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