చల్ల

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Telugu[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /t͡ɕalːa/, [t͡ʃalːa]

Etymology 1[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil அளை (aḷai, curds), Kannada ಅಳೆ (aḷe, buttermilk).[1]

Noun[edit]

చల్ల (calla? (plural చల్లలు)

  1. buttermilk
Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with చలి (cali, cold, chill), Tamil சளி (caḷi, cold), Kannada ಚಳಿ (caḷi, coldness).[2]

Adjective[edit]

చల్ల (calla)

  1. cool, cold
  2. soothing, pleasant
  3. benign, kindly
  4. happy, blessed

References[edit]

  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 2411, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 212.
  2. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 2408, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 211.