द्रविड
Sanskrit
    
    Alternative scripts
    
Alternative scripts
- দ্ৰৱিড (Assamese script)
 - ᬤ᭄ᬭᬯᬶᬟ (Balinese script)
 - দ্রবিড (Bengali script)
 - 𑰟𑰿𑰨𑰪𑰰𑰚 (Bhaiksuki script)
 - 𑀤𑁆𑀭𑀯𑀺𑀟 (Brahmi script)
 - ဒြဝိဍ (Burmese script)
 - દ્રવિડ (Gujarati script)
 - ਦ੍ਰਵਿਡ (Gurmukhi script)
 - 𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌵𑌿𑌡 (Grantha script)
 - ꦢꦿꦮꦶꦝ (Javanese script)
 - 𑂠𑂹𑂩𑂫𑂱𑂙 (Kaithi script)
 - ದ್ರವಿಡ (Kannada script)
 - ទ្រវិឌ (Khmer script)
 - ທ຺ຣວິຑ (Lao script)
 - ദ്രവിഡ (Malayalam script)
 - ᡩᡵᠠᠸᡳᡷᠠ (Manchu script)
 - 𑘟𑘿𑘨𑘪𑘱𑘚 (Modi script)
 - ᢑᠷᠠᠸᠢᢎᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
 - 𑦿𑧠𑧈𑧊𑧒𑦺 (Nandinagari script)
 - 𑐡𑑂𑐬𑐰𑐶𑐜 (Newa script)
 - ଦ୍ରଵିଡ (Odia script)
 - ꢣ꣄ꢬꢮꢶꢞ (Saurashtra script)
 - 𑆢𑇀𑆫𑆮𑆴𑆝 (Sharada script)
 - 𑖟𑖿𑖨𑖪𑖰𑖚 (Siddham script)
 - ද්රවිඩ (Sinhalese script)
 - 𑩭 𑪙𑩼𑩾𑩑𑩨 (Soyombo script)
 - 𑚛𑚶𑚤𑚦𑚮𑚖 (Takri script)
 - த்³ரவிட³ (Tamil script)
 - ద్రవిడ (Telugu script)
 - ทฺรวิฑ (Thai script)
 - དྲ་ཝི་ཌ (Tibetan script)
 - 𑒠𑓂𑒩𑒫𑒱𑒛 (Tirhuta script)
 - 𑨛𑩇𑨫𑨭𑨁𑨖 (Zanabazar Square script)
 
Etymology
    
Hypercorrection of द्रमिल (dramila), probably ultimately from Tamil தமிழ் (tamiḻ, “Tamil”).
Proper noun
    
द्रविड • (draviḍa) stem, m
- name of people regarded as degraded Kshatriyas said to be the descendants of Vṛṣabha-svāmin
 - a country on the east coast of the Deccan
- अस्ति द्रविडेषु काञ्ची नाम नगरी
- asti draviḍeṣu kāñcī nāma nagarī
 - In the Draviḍa countries, there is a city named Kāñcī.
 
 
 - an inhabitant or native of the Draviḍa country
- जरद्द्रविडधार्मिकस्येच्छया निसृष्टैः
- jaraddraviḍadhārmikasyecchayā nisṛṣṭaiḥ
 - By the old Draviḍa judge's wish, by setting free.
 
 
 - name of a degraded tribe
 - the collective name for people living in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat, Telangana, and Maharashtra
 
Declension
    
| Masculine a-stem declension of द्रविड (draviḍa) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | द्रविडः draviḍaḥ  | 
द्रविडौ / द्रविडा¹ draviḍau / draviḍā¹  | 
द्रविडाः / द्रविडासः¹ draviḍāḥ / draviḍāsaḥ¹  | 
| Vocative | द्रविड draviḍa  | 
द्रविडौ / द्रविडा¹ draviḍau / draviḍā¹  | 
द्रविडाः / द्रविडासः¹ draviḍāḥ / draviḍāsaḥ¹  | 
| Accusative | द्रविडम् draviḍam  | 
द्रविडौ / द्रविडा¹ draviḍau / draviḍā¹  | 
द्रविडान् draviḍān  | 
| Instrumental | द्रविडेन draviḍena  | 
द्रविडाभ्याम् draviḍābhyām  | 
द्रविडैः / द्रविडेभिः¹ draviḍaiḥ / draviḍebhiḥ¹  | 
| Dative | द्रविडाय draviḍāya  | 
द्रविडाभ्याम् draviḍābhyām  | 
द्रविडेभ्यः draviḍebhyaḥ  | 
| Ablative | द्रविडात् draviḍāt  | 
द्रविडाभ्याम् draviḍābhyām  | 
द्रविडेभ्यः draviḍebhyaḥ  | 
| Genitive | द्रविडस्य draviḍasya  | 
द्रविडयोः draviḍayoḥ  | 
द्रविडानाम् draviḍānām  | 
| Locative | द्रविडे draviḍe  | 
द्रविडयोः draviḍayoḥ  | 
द्रविडेषु draviḍeṣu  | 
| Notes | 
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Derived terms
    
- द्रविडगौडक (draviḍagauḍaka)
 - द्रविडदेश (draviḍadeśa)
 - द्रविडदेशीय (draviḍadeśīya)
 - द्रविडभाषा (draviḍabhāṣā)
 - द्रविडभाष्य (draviḍabhāṣya)
 - द्रविडशिशु (draviḍaśiśu)
 
Descendants
    
- → Hindi: द्रविड़ (draviṛ) (learned)
 
Further reading
    
- Monier Williams (1899) “द्रविड”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 501, column 2.
 - Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “द्रविड”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
 
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