చేప

See also: చాప and చేపు

Telugu

చేప.

Alternative forms

• చేఁప (cēn̆pa)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kayVl (“fish”). Cognate with Tamil கயல் (kayal), சேல் (cēl, “carp”). Related to కక్క (kakka​, “fish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕeːpa/, [t͡ʃeːpa]

Noun

చేప • (cēpa) n (plural చేపలు)

1. fish

   Synonyms: మీను (mīnu), మీనము (mīnamu), మత్స్యము (matsyamu)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:చేప.

Derived terms

• సొర్రచేప (sorracēpa, “shark”)

References

• "చేప" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 434
• Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “kayal, cēl”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 116.