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بئے

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Brahui

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *mēy. Cognate with Tamil மேய் (mēy, “to graze”).[1]

Noun

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بَئے (bae)

  1. grass fit for grazing
    بَئے و بُوچ ― bae o būc ― grass and shrub
  2. any shrub fit for grazing

References

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  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “5093”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Further reading

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  • Bray, Denys (1934) “bei”, in The Brahui Language‎[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 70
  • Ali, Liaquat, Kobayashi, Masato (2024) “bae”, in Brahui Texts: Glossed and Translated Short Stories and Folktales‎[2], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, page 691
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