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noun
1.
a family of languages, wholly distinct from Indo-European, spoken mostly in southern India and Sri Lanka and including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and, in Pakistan, Brahui.
2.
a member of the aboriginal population occupying much of southern India and parts of Sri Lanka.
adjective
3.
Also, Dra·vid·ic. of or pertaining to this people or their language.
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Dravidian
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Related forms
pre-Dra·vid·i·an, adjective
pre-Dra·vid·ic, adjective
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Dravidian
1856, "pertaining to the race in southern India or the languages spoken by them," from Skt. Dravidah, name of a region in southern India.
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