الیج

Brahui

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *aḷ- (“to sacrifice”). Cognate with Gondi [script needed] (lākāna, “sacrifice”).

Noun

اَلیج (alej)

1. sacrifice (in which the patient witnesses the slaughter smeared with blood)

References

• Bray, Denys (1934) “alēj”, in The Brahui Language‎^[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 52
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “297”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.