पिल्लू

Konkani

Alternative forms

• पील (pīl)

Etymology

From Ashokan Prakrit *𑀧𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*pilla, “young of an animal”), from Dravidian. Compare Kannada ಪಿಳ್ಳೆ (piḷḷe), Hindi पिल्ला (pillā), Malayalam പിള്ള (piḷḷa), Marathi पिल्लू (pillū), Tamil பிள்ளை (piḷḷai), Telugu పిల్ల (pilla).

Noun

पिल्लू • (pillū) (Latin script pil'lu, Kannada script ಪಿಲ್ಲೂ)

1. the young of an animal

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*pilla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Alternative forms

• पिलू (pilū), पील (pīl)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘢𑘱𑘩𑘳 (pilu), 𑘢𑘱𑘩𑘹𑘽 (pileṃ), 𑘢𑘱𑘩𑘿𑘩𑘹𑘽 (pilleṃ), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀧𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*pilla, “young of an animal”), from Dravidian. Compare Hindi पिल्ला (pillā), Kannada ಪಿಳ್ಳೆ (piḷḷe), Malayalam പിള്ള (piḷḷa), Konkani पिल्लू (pillū), Tamil பிள்ளை (piḷḷai), Telugu పిల్ల (pilla)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pil.lu/, [pil.luː]

Noun

पिल्लू • (pillū) n

1. the young of an animal, baby animal

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “पिल्लू”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “पिलूं”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “पिलूं-ल्लूं,_पिलें”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*pilla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press