द्रविड़

See also: द्रविड and द्राविड

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit द्रविड (draviḍa), hypercorrected from a Prakrit दमिळ (damiḷa), दमेळ (dameḷa), etc. mostly likely from Old Tamil [Term?] or another Dravidian language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ɾə.ʋɪɽ/

Proper noun

द्रविड़ • (draviṛ) m

1. A Dravidian
2. South India

Adjective

द्रविड़ • (draviṛ)

1. Dravidian

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “द्रविड़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press