పై

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pai"

Telugu

Alternative forms

• పయి (payi)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Kannada ಪೈ (pai, “upper, external”).

Noun

పై • (pai) ? (plural పైలు)

1. the upper part of anything, the outer part or exterior

Adjective

పై • (pai)

1. upper, higher, superior
2. external
3. extra

Ligature

పై • (pai)

1. a Telugu ligature from ప (pa) and ఐ (ai)

References

• "పై" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 803
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “pai”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 394.