చివర
Telugu
editEtymology
editPossibly from Arabic قِمَّة (qimma, “peak”). Cognate with Tamil சிமையம் (cimaiyam, “summit”).
Pronunciation
editIPA(key): /t͡ɕiʋaɾa/, [t͡ʃiʋaɾa]
Noun
editచివర • (civara) n (plural చివరలు)
Adjective
editచివర • (civara)
Related terms
edit- చిట్టచివర (ciṭṭacivara)
References
edit- "చివర" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 421
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “cimai”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 221.