Old Tamil

English

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.

Related terms

• Middle Tamil

Translations

language

• Tamil: பழந்தமிழ் (paḻantamiḻ)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Old Tamil terms