చీర
Telugu
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit चीर (cīra, “strip of cloth”). Cognate with Kannada ಸೀರೆ (sīre).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ɕiːɾa/, [t͡ʃiːɾa]
Noun
చీర • (cīra) ? (plural చీరలు)
- sari; traditional dress of women in India
Derived terms
References
- "చీర" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 424
- చీర at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)