పైశాచికము

Telugu

Etymology

From Sanskrit पैशाचिक (paiśācika) +‎ -ము (-mu).

Adjective

పైశాచికము • (paiśācikamu)

1. pertaining to the demons or fiends

Noun

పైశాచికము • (paiśācikamu) ? (plural పైశాచికములు)

1. a form of marriage in which the bride is carried away by force
2. an elopement, a rape

References

• "పైశాచికము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 799