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Where does “dravidien” come from?

dravidien (French) comes from English Dravidian, from Sanskrit द्राविड, from Sanskrit द्रविड — N. of a people and of a district on the east...

dravidien (French): Dravidian

Definitions

  1. Dravidian

Ancestry of “dravidien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDravidianA member of any of several aboriginal peoples of...
2Sanskritद्राविडDravidian; the Dravidian people
3Sanskritद्रविडN. of a people and of a district on the east...
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