శయ్య

Telugu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शय्या (śayyā).

Noun

శయ్య • (śayya) n (plural శయ్యలు)

1. A bed, mattress, couch.

   Synonyms: పడక (paḍaka), శయనము (śayanamu)

Derived terms

• శయ్యాగృహము (śayyāgr̥hamu)

References

• శయ్య at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
• "శయనము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1250