പൈ

Kurichiya

Alternative forms

• പയി (payi)

Etymology

Borrowed from Malayalam പൈ (pai).

Noun

പൈ (pai)

1. cow

References

• S. Nair, Ravi Shankar (2013) Tribal Languages of Kerala‎^[1], Language in India

Malayalam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɐi̯/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English pi.

Noun

പൈ • (pai)

1. (mathematics) pi

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi पै (pai).

Proper noun

പൈ • (pai)

1. a north Indian surname

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English pie, from Hindi पाई (pāī).

Proper noun

പൈ • (pai)

1. a former currency unit in India equal to 1⁄3 of a paise

   Coordinate terms: രൂപ (rūpa), അണ (aṇa), പൈസ (paisa), പൈ (pai)

Etymology 4

Borrowed from English pie.

Noun

പൈ • (pai)

1. pie (food)

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Sanskrit पशु (paśu).

Alternative forms

• പശു (paśu) — Tatsama

Noun

പൈ • (pai)

A cow

1. cow; An adult female of the species Bos taurus, commercially kept for their milk.

   Synonym: ആവ് (āvŭ)

2. bag, organ of the body (like urinary bladder), hunger.

Etymology 6

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *pac-

Noun

പൈ • (pai)

1. newness, charm, comeliness, tenderness, greenness, youth

Adjective

പൈ • (pai)

1. new
2. charming
3. small
4. green

Etymology 7

Cognate with Tamil பசி (paci). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

പൈ • (pai)

1. Alternative form of പശി (paśi)

References

• Gundert, Hermann (1872) “പൈ”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
• Warrier, M. I. (2008) “പൈ”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
• https://dict.sayahna.org/stv/87086