వ్రేలు

See also: వారలు, వారాలు, వేర్లు, వ్రాలు, and విరులు

Telugu

Alternative forms

వేలు (vēlu)

Etymology

From Proto-Dravidian *wiral (“finger”).[1] Cognate with Tamil விரல் (viral), Kannada ಬೆರಲ್ (beral), ಬೆರಲು (beralu), ಬೆರಳ್ (beraḷ), or ಬೆರಳು (beraḷu), Tulu ಬಿರಲ್ (biralŭ), ಬಿರೆಲ್ (birelŭ), ಬಿರೆಲ್ಲ್ (birellŭ), ಬೆರಳು (beraḷu), or ಪಿರೆಲ್ (pirelŭ), 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.

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