దయ

Telugu edit

Etymology edit

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Noun edit

దయ • (daya)

favor, kindness, grace, regard
love, affection, attachment
mercy, pity, tenderness, clemency, compassion
pleasure, goodness, amiability, a kind heart

Derived terms edit

దయచూపు (dayacūpu)
దయచేయు (dayacēyu)

References edit

దయ at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
"దయ" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 257
"దయ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 581
Budaraju Radhakrishna (1971) “దయ”, in Early Telugu Inscriptions (up to 1100 A.D.) with Texts, Glossary & Brief Linguistic History., Kalabhavan, Saifabad, Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi, page 343.