చిలుక
Telugu
Alternative forms
- చిలక (cilaka)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kiḷi. Compare Tamil கிளி (kiḷi), Kannada ಗಿಳಿ (giḷi). A reanalysis of చిలుకలు (cilukalu) which was originally pluralized as cilu-kalu later analyzed as ciluka-lu with ciluka being the stem.
Noun
చిలుక • (ciluka) ? (plural చిలుకలు)
References
- "చిలుక" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 420