బీద

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Telugu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Brown claims a borrowing from Sanskrit भीति (bhīti, fear, alarm, dread, danger), but this seems semantically suspect. Burrow, on the other hand, considers this a native Dravidian term, and links it to Konda-Dora [script needed] (bīduṛ, poor, wretched).”

Adjective[edit]

బీద (bīda)

  1. poor, needy, downcast, dejected, wretched

Noun[edit]

బీద (bīda? (plural బీదలు)

  1. a poor or destitute person

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