సాలె

Telugu

Etymology

From Sanskrit जालिक (jālika, “net”), from जाल (jāla).

Noun

సాలె • (sāle) n (plural సాలెలు)

weaving
Synonyms: నేత (nēta), నేయుట (nēyuṭa), నేయడము (nēyaḍamu)
A caste of weavers.

Derived terms

సాలెవాడు (sālevāḍu, “weaver”)
సాలీడు (sālīḍu, “weaver, spider”)
సాలెపురుగు (sālepurugu, “spider”)

References

"సాలె" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1335

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