DRAVIDIAN


Meaning of DRAVIDIAN in English

/ drəˈvɪdiən; NAmE / adjective

connected with a group of languages spoken in southern India and in Sri Lanka, or with the people who speak these languages

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WORD ORIGIN

from Sanskrit drāviḍa relating to the Tamils (from Dravida Tamil) + -ian .

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