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From Sanskrit द्राविड (drāviḍa) + -ian. *tamiḻ > *damiḷ > damiḷa- / damila- and further, with the intrusive, 'hypercorrect' (or perhaps analogical) -r-, into dr(a/ā)viḍa.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dravidian
Today it means: A member of any of several aboriginal peoples of India and Sri Lanka thought to have spread in India before Aryan migration. Full definition →