వేప

See also: వాపు, వాఁపు, వీపు, and వేపు

Telugu

Etymology

From Proto-Dravidian *wēmpu (“neem”). Cognate with Tamil வேம்பு (vēmpu), Malayalam വേപ്പ് (vēppŭ), Kannada ಬೇವು (bēvu).

Noun

వేప • (vēpa) ? (plural వేపలు)

1. neem

Synonyms

• వేము (vēmu)

Derived terms

• వేపచెట్టు (vēpaceṭṭu)
• వేపపువ్వు (vēpapuvvu)
• వేపాకు (vēpāku)

References

• "వేప" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1229
• "వేప" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 502
• వేప at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)