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Borrowed from Dravidian; compare Konda-Dora(biṛp-, “to blink”), Tuluಬುಳಾವು(buḷāvu, “to open as the eyes”), Tamilவிழி(viḻi, “eye”).[1] The cat meaning is derived from "eyeball"; compare नेत्रपिण्ड(netrapiṇḍa), another word meaning both "cat" and "eyeball" though the literal meaning is just eyeball.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bidala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 522
Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 357
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 429-430