पील

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Kannada ಪಿಳ್ಳೆ (piḷḷe).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pil/, [piːl]

Noun

पील • (pīl) m

1. young one in general (of dogs, cats, hares, frogs &c. and m of hens, parrots, crows, and some other birds)
2. an offshoot from the root (as of the Plantain or Bamboo)
3. a sucker or stole.

References

• Berntsen Date, Molesworth, Tulpule/Feldhaus Vaze (2022) “पील”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Marathi Dictionaries]