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Dravidian or Dravida may refer to:
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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 — DRAVIDIÁN, Ă, dravidieni, e, s.m. şi f., adj. 1. s.m. şi f. Persoană (de rasă intermediară între negri şi albi) care locuieşte în unele regiuni din India, Sri Lanka şi Pakistan sau este originară de acolo. 2. adj. Care aparţine dravidienilor(l),… … Dicționar Român
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 — 1856, pertaining to the race in southern India or the languages spoken by them, from Skt. Dravidah, name of a region in southern India … Etymology dictionary
Dravidian — [drə vid′ē ən] n. [after Sans Drāviḍa, Tamil language] 1. a) any of a group of intermixed peoples chiefly in S India and N Sri Lanka b) a member of any of these peoples 2. the family of about 25 non Indo European languages spoken by these peoples … English World dictionary
Dravidian — The adjective Dravidian defines a family of Indian languages that differs from the other families, mainly the Indo Aryan, Munda, and Tibeto Bur man. In the 19th and 20th centuries people speak ing these languages in South India began to see… … Encyclopedia of Hinduism
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 — [drə vɪdɪən] noun 1》 a family of languages spoken in southern India and Sri Lanka, including Tamil and Kannada. 2》 a member of any of the peoples speaking a Dravidian language. adjective relating to or denoting Dravidian or its speakers. Origin… … English new terms dictionary
Dravidian — Dra•vid•i•an [[t]drəˈvɪd i ən[/t]] n. 1) peo a language family of South Asia, spoken mainly in S India, and including Telugu and Tamil 2) peo a speaker of a language belonging to this family 3) peo of or pertaining to Dravidian or its speakers •… … From formal English to slang
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
