రాలు

See also: రోలు and రైలు

Telugu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɾaːlu/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Kolami [script needed] (rāl-, “to fall”).

Verb

రాలు • (rālu)

1. to fall off, to drop down, to run or flow off (as tears)

Etymology 2

See రాయి (rāyi).

Noun

రాలు • (rālu)

1. plural of రాయి (rāyi)

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

రాలు • (rālu)

1. suffix denoting the female sex

   స్నేహితురాలు ― snēhiturālu ― girlfriend

   యజమానురాలు ― yajamānurālu ― mistress

References

• "రాలు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 453
• "రాలు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1083
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “rālu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 22.