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dravidian

/dɹəˈvɪdɪən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English

Syllables
dra-vid-i-an
IPA
/dɹəˈvɪdɪən/
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A family of related ethnicities and languages primarily in Southern India, Northeast Sri Lanka, and parts of Pakistan and Bangladesh.

name

Any of the languages of these aboriginal peoples; Dravidic.

noun

A member of any of several aboriginal peoples of India and Sri Lanka thought to have spread in India before Aryan migration.

adj

Of or relating to the Dravidian people or language.

Etymology

From Sanskrit द्राविड (drāviḍa) + -ian. *tamiḻ > *damiḷ > damiḷa- / damila- and further, with the intrusive, 'hypercorrect' (or perhaps analogical) -r-, into dr(a/ā)viḍa.

Inflected Forms

Dravidians (plural) more Dravidian (comparative) most Dravidian (superlative)

Phrases

Elamo-Dravidian Proto-Dravidian

Synonyms

dravidic dravidian language

Questions

How do you pronounce dravidian?
The recorded pronunciation is /dɹəˈvɪdɪən/.
What does dravidian mean?
A family of related ethnicities and languages primarily in Southern India, Northeast Sri Lanka, and parts of Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Where does dravidian come from?
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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