వ్రేలు
See also: వారలు, వారాలు, వేర్లు, వ్రాలు, and విరులు
Telugu
Alternative forms
వేలు (vēlu)
Etymology
From Proto-Dravidian *wirinc- (“finger”).[1] Cognate with Tamil விரல் (viral), Kannada ಬೆರಲ್ (beral), ಬೆರಲು (beralu), ಬೆರಳ್ (beraḷ), or ಬೆರಳು (beraḷu), Tulu ಬಿರಲ್ (biral), ಬಿರೆಲ್ (birel), ಬಿರೆಲ್ಲ್ (birell), ಬೆರಳು (beraḷu), or ಪಿರೆಲ್ (pirel), Malayalam വിരൽ (viral).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋɾeːlu/
Noun
వ్రేలు • (vrēlu) n (plural వ్రేళ్ళు)
- (anatomy) finger
Derived terms
- కాలివ్రేలు (kālivrēlu, “toe”)
References
- "వ్రేలు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1246
- Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 6.
- Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “viral”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 490.