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Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/mayVr

This Proto-Dravidian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Dravidian

Etymology

Possibly a Wanderwort; compare Santali ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱜ (marak’, “peacock”), Proto-Mon-Khmer *mraik (“peacock”).

Noun

*mayVr[1][2]

  1. peacock
    Synonym: *ñamVl

Descendants
  • Southern Dravidian:
    • Tulu: ಮಯಿಲ್ (mayilŭ), ಮಯಿರ್ (mayirŭ), ಮೈರ್ (mairŭ)
    • Kannada: ಮಯ್ಲ (mayla​), ಮಯ್ಲು (maylu)
    • Tamil-Malayalam:
  • → Vedic Sanskrit: मयूर (mayū́ra, “peacock”) (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 37.
  2. Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “mayil”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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