Tamil vs. Sanskrit

Tamiladjective

Of or pertaining to the Tamils, or to their language.

Tamilnoun

One of a Dravidian race of men native of Northern Ceylon and Southern India.

Tamilnoun

The Tamil language, the most important of the Dravidian languages. See Dravidian, a.

Tamilnoun

a member of the mixed Dravidian and Caucasoid people of southern India and Sri Lanka

Tamilnoun

the Dravidian language spoken since prehistoric times by the Tamil people in southern India and Sri Lanka

Tamiladjective

of or relating to a speaker of the Tamil language or the language itself;

Sanskritnoun

The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit, and Veda.

Sanskritadjective

Of or pertaining to Sanskrit; written in Sanskrit; as, a Sanskrit dictionary or inscription.

Sanskritnoun

(Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes

Sanskrit

Sanskrit (; attributively संस्कृत-, saṃskṛta-; nominally संस्कृतम्, saṃskṛtam, IPA: [ˈsɐ̃skr̩tɐm]) is a classical language of South Asia belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late Bronze Age.