పైశాచికము

Telugu

Etymology

From Sanskrit पैशाचिक (paiśācika) +‎ -ము (-mu).

Adjective

పైశాచికము • (paiśācikamu)

1. Pertaining to the demons or fiends.

Noun

పైశాచికము • (paiśācikamu) ? (plural పైశాచికములు)

1. A form of marriage in which the bride is carried away by force.
2. An elopement, a rape.

References

• "పైశాచికము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 799