టపాలు

• టపా (ṭapā), టప్పా (ṭappā), తపాలు (tapālu), తపాలా (tapālā)

Uncertain. Possibly from Indo-Aryan. Compare Prakrit *𑀝𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀢𑀺 (*ṭippati, “notes”), *𑀝𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧 (*ṭippa, “note”), Gujarati ટીપ (ṭīp), Marathi टीप (ṭīp, “note, list”), टापरणें (ṭāparṇẽ, “mallet”), टिपणें (ṭipṇẽ, “to jot; to hit”). Cognate with Kannada ಟಪಾಲು (ṭapālu), Malayalam തപാൽ (tapāl), Tamil தபால் (tapāl).

Alternatively, derived from Dutch de paal.(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

• IPA^(key): /ʈapaːlu/

టపాలు • (ṭapālu) n (singular only)

1. The post or mail, the tappal.

   Synonym: అంచె (añce)

• → Hindustani:
  • Deccani: ٹَپّال (ṭappāl)

• "టపాలు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 214
• "టపాలు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 488
• Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “tappaul”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 901.

• పాటలు (pāṭalu)