Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/mayVr

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Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/mayVr

This Proto-Dravidian entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Dravidian

Etymology

Possibly a Wanderwort; compare Santali ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱜ (marak’, “peacock”), Proto-Mon-Khmer *mraik (“peacock”).

Noun

*mayVr[1]

1. peacock

Descendants

• Southern Dravidian:
  • Kannada: ಮಯ್ಲ​ (mayla​), ಮಯ್ಲು (maylu)
  • Tamil-Malayalam:
    • Malayalam: മയില്‍ (mayil‍)
    • Tamil: மயில் (mayil), மஞ்ஞை (maññai)
• → Vedic Sanskrit: मयूर (mayū́ra, “peacock”) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “mayil”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN

References

1. Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys)‎, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 37