బయలు

Telugu

Etymology

Borrowed from Kannada ಬಯಲು (bayalu); ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *wayal (“open space, field”). Cognate with Kannada ಬಯಲು (bayalu), Malayalam വയൽ (vayal) and Tamil வயல் (vayal).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bajalu/

Noun

బయలు • (bayalu) n (plural బయళ్ళు)

An open field, plain, area.
Synonym: మైదానము (maidānamu)
The outside, exterior.

Related terms

బయటి (bayaṭi, “outer, exterior”)
బయట (bayaṭa, “on the outside”)
బయలుదేరు (bayaludēru, “to leave, set out”)

Descendants

→ Kuvi: ବାୟାଲୁ (bayalu)

References

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
Brown-1903, Gwynn (2022) “బయలు”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Telugu Dictionaries]

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