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Brahui
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *aḷ-. Cognate with Gondi (lākāna, “sacrifice”).
Noun
اَلیج (alej)
- sacrifice (in which the patient witnesses the slaughter smeared with blood)
References
- Bray, Denys (1934) “alēj”, in The Brahui Language, Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 52
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “297”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.