పై

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pai"

Telugu

Alternative forms

పయి (payi)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Kannada ಪೈ (pai, “upper, external”).

Noun

పై • (pai) ? (plural పైలు)

the upper part of anything, the outer part or exterior

Adjective

పై • (pai)

Ligature

పై • (pai)

a Telugu ligature from ప (pa) and ఐ (ai)

References

"పై" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 803
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “pai”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 394.

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