dravidian

/D R AH0 V IH1 D IY0 AH0 N/
noun
  1. 1

    A family of related ethnicities and languages primarily in Southern India, Northeast Sri Lanka, and parts of Pakistan and Bangladesh.

  2. 2

    Any of the languages of these aboriginal peoples; Dravidic.

  3. 3

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

adjective
  1. 1

    Of or relating to the Dravidian people or language.