పొలము

See also: పలము

Telugu

Alternative forms

పొలం (polaṁ)

Etymology

From Proto-Dravidian *pol-am. Related to పొలమరి (polamari, “cultivator.”) Cognate with Tamil புலவு (pulavu, “Arable land.”), Tamil புலம்பன் (pulampaṉ, “Chief or lord of a maritime tract [probably originally 'chief of a village in the maritime tract'].”), Malayalam പുലം (pulaṁ, “Cornfield, place.”), Kannada ಪೊಲ (pola, “A plough-field; place, direction.”), Tulu ಪುಲ (pula, “Pasturage.”).

Noun

పొలము • (polamu) ? (plural పొలములు)

1. a field, a piece of cultivated land.
2. a pasture; uncultivated land for grazing

Synonyms

• చేను (cēnu)

References

• "పొలము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 813
• పొలము at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)