പൈ

Kurichiya

Alternative forms

  • പയി (payi)

Etymology

Borrowed from Malayalam പൈ (pai).

Noun

പൈ (pai)

  1. cow

References

  • S. Nair, Ravi Shankar (2013) Tribal Languages of Kerala‎[1], Language in India

Malayalam

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɐi̯/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English pi.

Noun

പൈ • (pai)

  1. (mathematics) pi

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi पै (pai).

Proper noun

പൈ • (pai)

  1. a north Indian surname

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English pie, from Hindi पाई (pāī).

Proper noun

പൈ • (pai)

  1. a former currency unit in India equal to 1⁄3 of a paise
    Coordinate terms: രൂപ (rūpa), അണ (aṇa), പൈസ (paisa), പൈ (pai)

Etymology 4

Borrowed from English pie.

Noun

പൈ • (pai)

  1. pie (food)

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Sanskrit पशु (paśu).

Alternative forms

Noun

പൈ • (pai)

  1. cow; An adult female of the species Bos taurus, commercially kept for their milk.
    Synonym: ആവ് (āvŭ)
  2. bag, organ of the body (like urinary bladder), hunger.

Etymology 6

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *pac-

Noun

പൈ • (pai)

  1. newness, charm, comeliness, tenderness, greenness, youth

Adjective

പൈ • (pai)

  1. new
  2. charming
  3. small
  4. green

Etymology 7

Cognate with Tamil பசி (paci). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

പൈ • (pai)

  1. alternative form of പശി (paśi)

References

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