కోయిల

See also: కాయలు

Telugu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːjila/

Etymology 1

Compare Hindi कोयल (koyal).

Noun

కోయిల • (kōyila) ? (plural కోయిలలు)

1. The black cuckoo.

Etymology 2

From Proto-South Dravidian *kōyil.

Noun

కోయిల • (kōyila) n (plural కోయిలలు)

1. temple

References

• 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