గయ్యాళి
Telugu edit
Alternative forms edit
- గయాళి (gayāḷi)
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil கயம் (kayam, “baseness”), Malayalam കയം (kayaṁ, “low condition”), Kannada ಕೆಯ್ತ (keyta, “trickery, deceit, fraud”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
గయ్యాళి • (gayyāḷi) ? (plural గయ్యాళులు)
Adjective edit
గయ్యాళి • (gayyāḷi)
Derived terms edit
- గయ్యాళించు (gayyāḷiñcu, “to play the scold, to talk insolently”)
References edit
- "గయ్యాళి" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 157
- "గయ్యాళి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 357
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 1250, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 116.