< Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian
Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/ari
Proto-Dravidian
Noun
*ari[1]
- tax, tribute
- grain
Descendants
- Tamil: அரி (ari), வரி (vari)
- Telugu: అరి (ari), అరివెట్టు (ariveṭṭu, “to pay taxes”), అరువు (aruvu, “loan in grains”)
- Malayalam: അരി (ari)
References
- Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003). The Dravidian Languages. Cambridge University Press.
- Southworth, F. C. (2005) Proto-Dravidian Agriculture, page 4