బీద

See also: బేది, బొంది, బిందె, బూంది, బృంద, బాఁదు, and బాదు

Telugu edit

Etymology edit

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Particularly: “Brown claims a borrowing from Sanskrit भीति (bhīti, “fear, alarm, dread, danger”), but this seems semantically suspect. Burrow, on the other hand, considers this a native Dravidian term, and links it to Konda-Dora [script needed] (bīduṛ, “poor, wretched”).”

Adjective edit

బీద • (bīda)

poor, needy, downcast, dejected, wretched

Noun edit

బీద • (bīda) ? (plural బీదలు)

a poor or destitute person

Derived terms edit

బీదగ (bīdaga)
బీదతనము (bīdatanamu)
బీదరికము (bīdarikamu)

References edit

"బీద" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 893
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “bīda”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 374.