చవి

See also: చెవి, చేవ, and చావు

Telugu

Etymology

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Noun

చవి • (cavi) n (plural చవులు)

taste, flavour, relish
Synonym: రుచి (ruci)

Derived terms

వాచవి (vācavi, “taste or flavour to the mouth”)
చవిగొను (cavigonu, “to taste”)
చవిచూచు (cavicūcu, “to taste”)
చవికాని (cavikāni, “unpleasant”)
చవిమరగి (cavimaragi, “touched with loveliness or sweetness”)

References

"చవి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 445

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