పాయ

See also: పోయు and పూయు

Telugu

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Related to పాయు (pāyu, “to separate”), పాచు (pācu, “to remove”).”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paːja/

Noun

పాయ • (pāya) ? (plural పాయలు)

a clove or division of an onion or of garlic
the branch of a river
a piece
a tract or division of a country
manner or mode

References

"పాయ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 746
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “pāpaṭè”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 363.