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Dravidiology

Dravidiology noun: the study of Dravidian languages.

Noun

Dravidiology (uncountable)

  1. The study of Dravidian languages.
    • The Government of India, at the time of the Silver Jubilee Celebration of the Annamalai University, made a grant for the development of Tamil Studies, and, at the instance of Sri T. M. Narayanaswami Pillai as Vice-Chancellor, a Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. S. K. Chatterjee (the Chairman...1961, M[urray] B[arnson] Emeneau, “Introduction”, in Kolami: A Dravidian Language (Publications in Linguistics), 2nd edition, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu: Annamalai University
    • This book, then, is a complete introduction to Dravidiology: to a discipline, that is, that till a short while ago, at least, was looked upon as a sort of ‘stepdaughter’ of Indology. […] Yet comparative Dravidiology which is worthy of the name cannot overlook the speech of the humblest...1972 March–June, Gustav Glaesser, “Linguistics: M. S. Andronov, Dravidian Languages (Translated from the Russian by D.M. Segal […]).”, in Giuseppe Tucci, editor, East and West, volume 22, numbers...

Examples of Dravidiology in a sentence

  • One of the recommendations was to reprint rare books on Dravidiology, not now available.1961, M[urray] B[arnson] Emeneau, “Introduction”, in Kolami: A Dravidian Language (Publications in Linguistics), 2nd edition, Chidambaram...
  • This is a modest attempt to highlight the pioneering contribution of the first comparativist in the field of Dravidiology by introducing his Dissertation on Malayalam Language to the public.2005, Putuśśēri Rāmacandr̲an, F.W. Ellis: A Dissertation on the Malayal̤ma Language, Thiruvananthapuram: Kannassa Vidyapeetham, →OCLC, page...

Origin of Dravidiology

From Dravidi(an) + -ology.

Questions about Dravidiology

What does Dravidiology mean?
Dravidiology means the study of Dravidian languages.
How do you use Dravidiology in a sentence?
One of the recommendations was to reprint rare books on Dravidiology, not now available.
What part of speech is Dravidiology?
Dravidiology is a noun.

Words near Dravidiology in the dictionary

  1. Dravidianness
  2. Dravidians
  3. Dravidic
  4. Dravidiologist
  5. Dravidiologists
  6. Dravidiology
  7. dravite
  8. dravya
  9. dravyas
  10. draw
  11. draw a bath

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