Definition of Dravedian
Dra*vid"i*an (?), a. [From Skr.
Drāvi&dsdot;a, the name of the southern portion of the
peninsula of India.] (Ethnol.) Of or pertaining to the
Dravida.
Dravidian languages, a group of languages of
Southern India, which seem to have been the idioms of the natives,
before the invasion of tribes speaking Sanskrit. Of these languages,
the Tamil is the most important.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- any of several aboriginal peoples of India and Sri Lanka thought to have spread south following Aryan invasion
- any of the languages of these people; Dravidic
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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