Dravidian
Translation- Dravidian
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Dravidian or Dravida may refer to:
Contents
Language and culture
- Dravidian languages, a family of languages spoken mainly in South India and North-Eastern Sri Lanka
- Proto-Dravidian, a model of the common ancestor of the above languages
- Elamo-Dravidian languages, a proposed language family
- Dravidian University, a university situated in Andhra Pradesh
- Dravidian Linguistics Association, based in Kerala
- Ancient Dravidian culture
- South Indian culture, modern Dravidian culture
- Dravidian architecture, a style of Temple construction
- Dravidian martial arts, a style of martial arts
Geography
- Dravida Nadu, a proposed country for the southern Dravidian languages
- South India, the region which is called Dravida in the Indian anthem
Ethnicity
- Dravidian people, Ethnic groups in North and South India.
- Homo Dravida, a historically defined race, propagated also by Devaneya Pavanar
- Adi Dravida, the "first Dravidians", a Dalit caste
- Dravidology, a field of study
- Pancha Dravida Brahmins, a division of Indian Brahmins
Politics
- Dravidian parties, a collective term used for political parties, that trace their ideologies and origin from Dravidar Kazhagam
- Dravidar Kazhagam, a former political party in Tamil Nadu
- Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, a political party in Tamil Nadu
- All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, a political party in Karnataka, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
- Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, a political party in Tamil Nadu
- Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam, a political party in Tamil Nadu
- All India Latchiya Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, a political party in Tamil Nadu
- Self-respect movement, sometimes called the Dravidian movement or the Periyar movement
Others
- Dravidians Organization, a non-governmental organization
See also
- Dravid (surname)
- Davidian (disambiguation)
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Dravidian — Dra*vid i*an, prop. a. [From Skr. Dr[=a]vi[dsdot]a, the name of the southern portion of the peninsula of India.] (Ethnol.) Of or pertaining to the Dravida. [1913 Webster] {Dravidian languages}, a group of languages of Southern India, which seem… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dravidian — 1> дравиды 2> группа дравидских, дравидийских языков; дравидские, дравидийские языки 3> дравидский язык 4> дравидский; дравидийский … Новый большой англо-русский словарь
Dravidian — noun Etymology: Sanskrit Drāviḍa Date: 1856 1. a member of an ancient dark skinned people of southern India 2. Dravidian languages • Dravidian adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
Dravidian — дравиды группа дравидских, дравидийских языков; дравидские, дравидийские языки дравидский язык дравидский; дравидийский … Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь
Dravidian — /dreuh vid ee euhn/, n. 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… … Universalium
Dravidian — noun a) A family of related ethnicities and languages primarily in Southern India, Northeast Sri Lanka, and parts of Pakistan, and Bangladesh. b) Any of the languages of these aboriginal peoples; Dravidic … Wiktionary
Dravidian studies — (also Dravidology) is the academic field devoted to the Dravidian languages, literature and culture. It is a superset of Tamil studies and a subset of South Asian studies. Contents 1 History 2 Contemporary programs 3 See also … Wikipedia
Dravidian martial arts — have been practiced by Dravidian peoples in South India and northeastern Sri Lanka since the Sangam period.HistoryThe origins of Dravidian martial arts date back to the 2nd possible 3rd century BC, when various martial arts were described in… … Wikipedia
Dravidian cognates from representative languages — ▪ Table Dravidian cognates from representative languages ety. no. DED1 gloss Tamil Kannada Tulu Telugu Gondi Kui 1 752 village b;r b;r b;ru b;ru 2 1159a eye ka e47; ka e47; ka e47; e47;ï kan(n)u kan, ka e5b; kanu 3 1479 leg kālu kālu… … Universalium
Dravidian languages — Family of 23 languages indigenous to and spoken principally in South Asia by more than 210 million people. The four major Dravidian languages of southern India Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam have independent scripts and long documented… … Universalium
