పులి
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Telugu
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Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *puli (“tiger”). Cognates with Tamil புலி (puli), Kannada ಪುಲಿ (puli), or ಹುಲಿ (huli), Tulu ಪಿಲಿ (pili), Malayalam പുലി (puli).
Noun
[edit]పులి • (puli) ? (plural పులులు)
Synonyms
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Dravidian *puḷ (“sour”). Cognate with Tamil புளி (puḷi), Kannada ಪುಳಿ (puḷi), or ಹುಳಿ (huḷi), Tulu ಪುಳಿ (puḷi), or ಪುಲಿ (puli), Malayalam പുളി (puḷi).
Adjective
[edit]పులి • (puli)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- "పులి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 773