The woman, victim of the "honour" killing, was a #Brahui. Until very recently, the concept of sexual purity wasn't even there with Dravidian tribes. Women co-habited, left, co-habited with men as they chose. In fact, even among mainstream Dravidians like Malayalis, the serial monogamy wasn't
In the #brahui language, "khalis" means pure, pronounced similarly to #khaleesi from #gameofthrones and #asoiaf. Apparently this is a loanword from #farsi or #persian, though I expect they stretch the 'a' out a bit. Cool stuff!
#balochi #beravi #brahvi #dravidian #linguistics
#TIL that there’s a #Dravidian language called #Brahui (aka #Brahvi or #Brohi) spoken in parts of #Baluchistan in #Pakistan & some parts of #Iran & #Afghanistan:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahui_...
It’s 1.5K kms from #SouthIndia!
#MindBlown 🤯
#History #Linguistics #India #Language
