వ్రేలు
Telugu
editAlternative forms
editవేలు (vēlu)
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Dravidian *wiral (“finger”).[1] Cognate with Tamil விரல் (viral), Kannada ಬೆರಲ್ (beral), ಬೆರಲು (beralu), ಬೆರಳ್ (beraḷ), or ಬೆರಳು (beraḷu), Tulu ಬಿರಲ್ (biralŭ), ಬಿರೆಲ್ (birelŭ), ಬಿರೆಲ್ಲ್ (birellŭ), ಬೆರಳು (beraḷu), or ಪಿರೆಲ್ (pirelŭ), Malayalam വിരൽ (viral).[2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editవ్రేలు • (vrēlu) n (plural వ్రేళ్ళు)
Derived terms
edit- కాలివ్రేలు (kālivrēlu, “toe”)
References
edit- "వ్రేలు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1246
- ^ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 6.
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “viral”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 490.