पिल्लू

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Konkani

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Etymology

From Ashokan Prakrit *𑀧𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*pilla, young of an animal), from Dravidian. Compare Kannada ಪಿಳ್ಳೆ (piḷḷe), Hindi पिल्ला (pillā), Malayalam പിള്ള (piḷḷa), Marathi पिल्लू (pillū), Tamil பிள்ளை (piḷḷai), Telugu పిల్ల (pilla).

Noun

पिल्लू (pillū) (Latin script pil'lu, Kannada script ಪಿಲ್ಲೂ)

  1. the young of an animal

References

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*pilla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘢𑘱𑘩𑘳 (pilu), 𑘢𑘱𑘩𑘹𑘽 (pileṃ), 𑘢𑘱𑘩𑘿𑘩𑘹𑘽 (pilleṃ), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀧𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*pilla, young of an animal), from Dravidian. Compare Hindi पिल्ला (pillā), Kannada ಪಿಳ್ಳೆ (piḷḷe), Malayalam പിള്ള (piḷḷa), Konkani पिल्लू (pillū), Tamil பிள்ளை (piḷḷai), Telugu పిల్ల (pilla)

Pronunciation

Noun

पिल्लू (pillūn

  1. the young of an animal, baby animal

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “पिल्लू”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “पिलूं”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “पिलूं-ल्लूं,_पिलें”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*pilla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press