చెల్లు

See also: చెల్లి, చుల్ల, చల్ల, చుల్లి, and చల్లా

Telugu

Etymology

Cognate with Tamil செல் (cel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕelːu/, [t͡ʃelːu]

Verb

చెల్లు • (cellu) (causal చెల్లించు)

1. To pass (as time).
2. To be spent or exhausted (as money).
3. To be over, terminate.
4. To die.
5. To pass current (as a story or a coin.)
6. To belong to, to pertain to, to be appropriate, suit, correspond to.
7. To happen, to be accomplished.
8. To be paid or discharged (with reference to debt.)

Noun

చెల్లు • (cellu) ? (plural చెల్ళ్ళు)

1. payment

References

• "చెల్లు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 432