द्रविड़
HindiEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Sanskrit द्रविड (draviḍa), hypercorrected from a Prakrit दमिळ (damiḷa), दमेळ (dameḷa), etc. mostly likely from Old Tamil 𑀢𑀫𑀺𑀵𑁆 (tamiḻ) or another Dravidian language.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
द्रविड़ • (draviṛ) m or f by sense
- Dravidian person
DeclensionEdit
NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.
Declension of द्रविड़ (masc cons-stem)
Declension of द्रविड़ (fem cons-stem)
Proper nounEdit
द्रविड़ • (draviṛ) m
DeclensionEdit
Declension of द्रविड़ (sg-only masc cons-stem)
singular | |
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direct | द्रविड़ draviṛ |
oblique | द्रविड़ draviṛ |
vocative | द्रविड़ draviṛ |
AdjectiveEdit
द्रविड़ • (draviṛ) (indeclinable)
ReferencesEdit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “draviṛ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press