పులి
Telugu
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editEtymology 1
editInherited from Proto-Dravidian *puli (“tiger”). Cognates with Tamil புலி (puli), Kannada ಪುಲಿ (puli), or ಹುಲಿ (huli), Tulu ಪಿಲಿ (pili), Malayalam പുലി (puli).
Noun
editపులి • (puli) ? (plural పులులు)
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editEtymology 2
editFrom Proto-Dravidian *puḷ (“sour”). Cognate with Tamil புளி (puḷi), Kannada ಪುಳಿ (puḷi), or ಹುಳಿ (huḷi), Tulu ಪುಳಿ (puḷi), or ಪುಲಿ (puli), Malayalam പുളി (puḷi).
Adjective
editపులి • (puli)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- "పులి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 773