రాలు
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Telugu[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Kolami [script needed] (rāl-, “to fall”).
Verb[edit]
రాలు • (rālu)
Etymology 2[edit]
See రాయి (rāyi).
Noun[edit]
రాలు • (rālu)
Etymology 3[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Suffix[edit]
రాలు • (rālu)
- suffix denoting the female sex
- స్నేహితురాలు ― snēhiturālu ― girlfriend
- యజమానురాలు ― yajamānurālu ― mistress
References[edit]
- "రాలు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 453
- "రాలు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1083
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “rālu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 22.