ఱాయి

Telugu

Alternative forms

• రాయి (rāyi)

Etymology

Cognate with Tamil அறை (aṟai), Tulu ಅದೆ (ade). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raːji/

Noun

ఱాయి • (ṟāyi) n (plural ఱాళ్లు, genitive ఱాతి)

1. stone

   Synonyms: కల్లు (kallu), శిల (śila)

Derived terms

• అలఱాయి (alaṟāyi, “rock armour, rip-rap”)
• చలువఱాయి (caluvaṟāyi, “white marble”)
• వానఱాయి (vānaṟāyi, “hailstone”)

 

References

• "రాయి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1076