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Dravidian

noun
1.
A member of one of the aboriginal races of India (pushed south by Caucasians and now mixed with them).
2.
A large family of languages spoken in south and central India and Sri Lanka.  Synonyms: Dravidian language, Dravidic.



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Central Dravidian
North Dravidian
South Dravidian
South-Central Dravidian


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"Dravidian" Quotes from Famous Books



... and down the great river valleys of the Old World. While the first pyramids[3] were a-building beside the long green ribbon of the Nile and the star-gazers[4] of Mesopotamia were reading future events from her towers of sun-dried bricks, Dravidian tribes were cultivating the rich mud of the Ganges valley, a slow-changing race. Did the lonely traveler, I wonder, troll the same air then as now to ward away evil spirits from the star-lit road? Did ...
— Lighted to Lighten: The Hope of India • Alice B. Van Doren
... found time for the studies which this book presupposes is marvellous. It is a masterly survey.... There can be few men who have Sir Charles's gift of linguistic accomplishments, who can not only read Sanskrit and Pali, but know enough of the Dravidian languages of Southern India to check statements by reference to the original writings, and add to this a knowledge ...
— The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 • Henry Baerlein
... Once they flayed a boy alive, carved him in pieces, and distributed the flesh among all the villagers, who put it into their corn-bins to avert bad luck and ensure plentiful crops of grain. The Gonds of India, a Dravidian race, kidnapped Brahman boys, and kept them as victims to be sacrificed on various occasions. At sowing and reaping, after a triumphal procession, one of the lads was slain by being punctured with ...
— The Golden Bough - A study of magic and religion • Sir James George Frazer


Words linked to "Dravidian" :   Dravidic, Canarese, Kotar, Kanarese, Gond, tongue, Indian, Toda, Badaga, natural language, Tulu, Kolam, Tamil, Telugu, Gadaba, Kota, Savara, Kui, Malto


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