Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
[draviḍadeśo'bhijano'sya-aṇ] 1 A Dravidian, Draviḍa.
2 A general name for a Brāhmaṇa of any of the five southern tribes (the paṃca- draviḍa), drāviḍa, karṇāṭa, gurjara, mahāra ṣṭra and tailaṃga. ḍāḥ pl. The Draviḍa country and its people. ḍī Carda- moms.