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Derived from Proto-Dravidian *peṇ.
പെട്ട • (peṭṭa)
- a female bird
- a female camel, donkey
- (dialectal) a couple, brace
- Gundert, Hermann (1872) “പെട്ട”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.