Definition of dravidian Dravidian

Dra•vid•i•an

We found 6 definitions of dravidian from 5 different sources.

What does dravidian mean?

WordNet

Noun
dravidian - a member of one of the aboriginal races of India (pushed south by Caucasians and now mixed with them)
		indian a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived
		badaga the dialect of Kannada that is spoken by the Badaga
		gadaba the Dravidian language spoken by the Gadaba
		gond a member of a formerly tribal people in south central India
		canarese, kanarese a member of a Kannada-speaking group of people living chiefly in Kanara in southern India
		kolam a member of a formerly tribal people now living in south central India
		kota, kotar a Dravidian language spoken by the Kota
		kui the Dravidian language spoken by the Kui in southeastern India
		malto the Dravidian language spoken by the Malto
		savara a Dravidian language spoken by the Savara in southeastern India (north of Madras)
		tamil the Dravidian language spoken since prehistoric times by the Tamil in southern India and Sri Lanka
		telugu a Dravidian language spoken by the Telugu in southeastern India
		toda the Dravidian language spoken by the Toda in southern India
dravidian - a large family of languages spoken in south and central India and Sri Lanka
		Dravidic, Dravidian language
		natural language, tongue a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
		south dravidian a Dravidian language spoken primarily in southern India
		south-central dravidian a Dravidian language spoken primarily in south central India
		central dravidian a Dravidian language spoken primarily in central India

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Wiktionary

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

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

dravidian (a.)
Of or pertaining to the Dravida.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

dravidian
A family of languages spoken by around 200 million people mainly in southern India and parts of eastern and central India as well as in northeastern Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Iran, and overseas in other countries such as Malaysia and Singapore.