అరి
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Telugu
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Dravidian *ari. Cognate with Tamil வரி (vari, “tribute, tax, duty”), Tamil அரி (ari, “reaped handful of paddy rice”).
Noun
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Sanskrit अरि (ari, “enemy”). Cognate with Tamil அரி (ari, “enemy”).
Noun
[edit]- An enemy.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003) “Dravidians: prehistory and culture”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 8
- [1] in A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary by T. Burrow and M. B. Emeneau
- "అరి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 80