പൈ
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A cow
Kurichiya
Alternative forms
- പയി (payi)
Etymology
Borrowed from Malayalam പൈ (pai).
Noun
പൈ (pai)
References
Malayalam
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
പൈ • (pai)
Etymology 2
Proper noun
പൈ • (pai)
- a north Indian surname
Etymology 3
Borrowed from English pie, from Hindi पाई (pāī).
Proper noun
പൈ • (pai)
- a former currency unit in India equal to 1⁄3 of a paise
Etymology 4
Noun
പൈ • (pai)
- pie (food)
Etymology 5
Borrowed from Sanskrit पशु (paśu).
Alternative forms
- പശു (paśu) — Tatsama
Noun
പൈ • (pai)
- cow; An adult female of the species Bos taurus, commercially kept for their milk.
- Synonym: ആവ് (āvŭ)
- bag, organ of the body (like urinary bladder), hunger.
Etymology 6
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *pac-
Noun
പൈ • (pai)
- newness, charm, comeliness, tenderness, greenness, youth
Adjective
പൈ • (pai)
- new
- charming
- small
- 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)
- Alternative form of പശി (paśi)
References
- Gundert, Hermann (1872) “പൈ”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
- Warrier, M. I. (2008) “പൈ”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
- https://dict.sayahna.org/stv/87086