అరి
Telugu
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Dravidian *ari. Cognate with Tamil வரி (vari, “tribute, tax, duty”), Tamil அரி (ari, “reaped handful of paddy rice”).
Noun
editDerived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Sanskrit अरि (ari, “enemy”). Cognate with Tamil அரி (ari, “enemy”).
Noun
edit- An enemy.
Derived terms
editReferences
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
- "అరి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 80