గయ్యాళి
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Telugu[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- గయాళి (gayāḷi)
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil கயம் (kayam, “baseness”), Malayalam കയം (kayaṁ, “low condition”), Kannada ಕೆಯ್ತ (keyta, “trickery, deceit, fraud”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
గయ్యాళి • (gayyāḷi) ? (plural గయ్యాళులు)
Adjective[edit]
గయ్యాళి • (gayyāḷi)
Derived terms[edit]
- గయ్యాళించు (gayyāḷiñcu, “to play the scold, to talk insolently”)
References[edit]
- "గయ్యాళి" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 157
- "గయ్యాళి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 357
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 1250, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 116.