పొలము
See also: పలము
Telugu
Alternative forms
పొలం (polaṁ)
Etymology
From Proto-Dravidian *pol-am. Cognate with Tamil புலம் (pulam, “field, place, knowledge”), புலவு (pulavu, “arable land”), Tamil புலம்பன் (pulampaṉ, “chief or lord of a maritime tract”), Malayalam പുലം (pulaṁ, “cornfield, place”), Kannada ಪೊಲ (pola, “plough field; place, direction”), Tulu ಪುಲ (pula, “pasturage”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /polamu/
Noun
పొలము • (polamu) n (plural పొలములు)
Derived terms
- పొలమరి (polamari, “cultivator”)
References
- "పొలము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 813
- పొలము at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)