వేప
Telugu
Etymology
From Proto-Dravidian *wēmpu (“neem”). Cognate with Tamil வேம்பு (vēmpu), Malayalam വേപ്പ് (vēppŭ), Kannada ಬೇವು (bēvu).
Noun
వేప • (vēpa) ? (plural వేపలు)
Synonyms
- వేము (vēmu)
Derived terms
- వేపచెట్టు (vēpaceṭṭu)
- వేపపువ్వు (vēpapuvvu)
- వేపాకు (vēpāku)
References
- "వేప" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1229
- "వేప" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 502
- వేప at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)