Dravidian

 

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From Sanskrit द्राविड (drāviḍa) +‎ -ian. *tamiḻ > *damiḷ > damiḷa- / damila- and further, with the intrusive, 'hypercorrect' (or perhaps analogical) -r-, into dr(a/ā)viḍa.

• IPA^(key): /dɹəˈvɪdɪən/

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.

• Elamo-Dravidian
• Proto-Dravidian

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.

Dravidian (comparative more Dravidian, superlative most Dravidian)

1. Of or relating to the Dravidian people or language.