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కోయిల

See also: కాయలు

Telugu edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Compare Hindi कोयल (koyal).

Noun edit

కోయిల • (kōyila) ? (plural కోయిలలు)

  1. The black cuckoo.

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-South Dravidian *kōyil.

Noun edit

కోయిల • (kōyila) n (plural కోయిలలు)

  1. temple

References edit

  • Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003) “Dravidians: prehistory and culture”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 8
  • [1] in A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary by T. Burrow and M. B. Emeneau
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