Dravidian languages include Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, and a number of other languages spoken mainly in South Asia. Total of 2774 records 139 pages. Meaning : the water in which rice has been washed, kept until it ferments. Proto-Telugu : *kal- (rhetorical question, colloquial) A casual greeting with a meaning similar to how are you?

The list is by no means exhaustive.

Words of disputed or less certain origin are in the "Dravidian languages" list. Number in DED : 1379. Notes : Burrow & Emeneau compare the Telugu item with Proto-Nilgiri *ar_- 'good life'; the latter should, however, rather be treated as a derivative from PDR *ar_- 'to digest', leaving the Telugu form without a good etymology. Telugu : kali. Some of the words can be traced to specific languages, but others have disputed or uncertain origins. Meaning : sample, specimen, type, model, pattern, standard, the touch of precious metals, quality

or nice to meet you. ... Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology. Telugu : kalupu. Multibhashi’s Telugu-English Dictionary will help you find the meaning of different words from Telugu to English like meaning of Cliche meaning of Viriviga and from English to Telugu like meaning of Cliche meaning of platitude, etc. Meaning : way, manner, mode, fashion, style, condition, state, order, good condition or state

Synonym: what's up Doc Hey, what's up? – Hey! The Telugu form is the source of Kuwi (Schulze) abbinai 'to prosper'. Luckily, even though the arithmetic mean is unusable, both the harmonic and geometric means settle to precise values as the amount of data increases. Telugu etymology : Search within this database.

Additional forms : Also [1] guṇḍrani, [2] guṇḍramu round, spherical, cylindrical; rubbu-guṇḍu stone pestle or roller used in grinding things in a mortar