Dravidian

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Etymology

From Sanskrit द्राविड (drāviḍa),  (drāvḷa), hypercorrection of Prakrit dāviḍa, dāmiḷo, damiḷa, from Old Tamil tamil (mod. Tamiẓ).

Proper noun

Dravidian

1. A family of related ethnicities and languages primarily in Southern India, Northeast Sri Lanka, and parts of Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
2. Any of the languages of these aboriginal peoples; Dravidic.

Translations

family of languages

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 達羅毗荼語 (cmn), 达罗毗荼语 (cmn) (Dáluōpítú-yǔ)

• French: dravidien (fr) m
• German: Dravidisch (de) n
• Hindi: द्रविड़ (hi) (dravid)

• Hungarian: dravida (hu)
• Japanese: ドラヴィダ語 (ja) (Doravida-go)
• Russian: дравидийский (ru) (dravidíjskij)
• Spanish: drávido (es)

Noun

Dravidian (plural Dravidians)

1. A member of any of several aboriginal peoples of India and Sri Lanka thought to have spread in India before Aryan migration.