Telugu edit

 
ఉల్లిపాయలు.

Etymology edit

From Proto-Dravidian *uḷḷi (onion). Cognates with Tamil உள்ளி (uḷḷi, garlic, onion), Malayalam ഉള്ളി (uḷḷi), Kannada ಈರುಳ್ಳಿ (īruḷḷi).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ulːi/
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Noun edit

ఉల్లి (ulli? (plural ఉల్లులు)

  1. onion

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • "ఉల్లి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 171
  • L. Chakradhara Rao et al, editors (1978-1995), “ఉల్లి”, in తెలుగు వ్యుత్పత్తికోశం [Telugu Etymological Dictionary] (in Telugu), Visakhapatnam (Waltair): Andhra University Press and Publications