Dravidian
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Sanskrit द्राविड (drāviḍa), (drāvḷa), hypercorrection of Prakrit dāviḍa, dāmiḷo, damiḷa, from Old Tamil tamil (mod. Tamiẓ).
Proper noun [edit]
Dravidian
- A family of related ethnicities and languages primarily in Southern India, Northeast Sri Lanka, and parts of Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
- Any of the languages of these aboriginal peoples; Dravidic.
Translations [edit]
family of languages
Noun [edit]
Dravidian (plural Dravidians)