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.
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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.
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Dravidian (plural Dravidians)
- A member of any of several aboriginal peoples of India and Sri Lanka thought to have spread in India before Aryan migration.
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Dravidian (comparative more Dravidian, superlative most Dravidian)
- Of or relating to the Dravidian people or language.
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