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వ్రేలు

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See also: వారలు, వారాలు, వేర్లు, వ్రాలు, and విరులు

Telugu

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Alternative forms

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వేలు (vēlu)

Etymology

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From Proto-Dravidian *wiral (“finger”).[1] Cognate with Tamil விரல் (viral), Kannada ಬೆರಲ್ (beral), ಬೆರಲು (beralu), ಬೆರಳ್ (beraḷ), or ಬೆರಳು (beraḷu), Tulu ಬಿರಲ್ (biralŭ), ಬಿರೆಲ್ (birelŭ), ಬಿರೆಲ್ಲ್ (birellŭ), ಬೆರಳು (beraḷu), or ಪಿರೆಲ್ (pirelŭ), Malayalam വിരൽ (viral).[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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వ్రేలు • (vrēlu) n (plural వ్రేళ్ళు)

  1. (anatomy) finger

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 6.
  2. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “viral”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 490.
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