எல்

Kota (India)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *elay. Cognates with Kannada ಎಲೆ (ele), Old Kannada ಎಲೆ (ele), Tulu ಇರೆ (ire), ಇಲೆ (ile), Malayalam ഇല (ila), and Tamil இலை (ilai).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /el/

Noun

எல் (el)

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References

Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984) A Dravidian etymological dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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