హాయి
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Telugu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
హాయి • (hāyi) ? (plural హాయులు)
- happiness, peace, quiet, comfort, pleasantness
- 1991, Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (lyrics and music), “Kalaya Nijama”, in Ilaiyaraaja (music), Coolie No. 1, performed by Ilaiyaraaja and P. Susheela:
- కలయా? నిజమా? తొలి రేయి హాయి మహిమా
- kalayā? nijamā? toli rēyi hāyi mahimā
- Is this a dream? Is this real? This is the great happiness of the first night
Derived terms[edit]
- హాయిగా (hāyigā, “happily, comfortably, at ease”)
References[edit]
- "హాయి" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 570
- "హాయి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1394
- హాయి at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)