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Telugu
Etymology
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /paːja/
Noun
పాయ • (pāya) ? (plural పాయలు)
- a clove or division of an onion or of garlic
- the branch of a river
- a piece
- a tract or division of a country
- manner or mode
References
- "పాయ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 746
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “pāpaṭè”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 363.