Dravidian Feb 29th 2012, 12:27 Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary (Difference between revisions) | | Line 20: | Line 20: | | {{trans-mid}} | | {{trans-mid}} | | * Hindi: {{t-|hi|द्रविड़|tr=dravid|xs=Hindi}} | | * Hindi: {{t-|hi|द्रविड़|tr=dravid|xs=Hindi}} | | + | * Hungarian: {{t|hu|dravida}} | | * Japanese: {{t|ja|ドラヴィダ語|tr=Doravida-go}} | | * Japanese: {{t|ja|ドラヴィダ語|tr=Doravida-go}} | | * Russian: {{t|ru|дравидийский|tr=dravidíjskij}} | | * Russian: {{t|ru|дравидийский|tr=dravidíjskij}} |
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[edit] Etymology From Sanskrit द्राविड (drāviḍa), drāvḷa, hypercorrection of Prakrit dāviḍa, dāmiḷo, damiḷa, from Old Tamil tamil (mod. Tamiẓ). [edit] Proper noun 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.
[edit] Translations Dravidian (plural Dravidians) - A member of any of several aboriginal peoples of India and Sri Lanka thought to have spread in India before and after Aryan migration.
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