వెయ్యి

See also: వ్యయ and వ్యయం

Telugu

Telugu numbers ^(edit)

←  1	[a], [b], [c] ←  100	1,000	100,000  →
Cardinal: వెయ్యి (veyyi), వేయి (vēyi)

Etymology

From Proto-Dravidian *wey- (“extensiveness, height”). Cognate with Tamil வியம் (viyam, “extensiveness, height”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋejːi/

Noun

వెయ్యి • (veyyi) ? (plural వెయ్యులు)

1. thousand

References

• "వేయి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1222
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “viyam”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 490.