ఇల్లు

From Proto-Dravidian *il. Cognate with Tamil இல் (il, “house”), Malayalam ഇല്ലം (illaṃ, “house, place”), Kodava ಇಲ್ಲವೇನ್ (“man who is a relative”), Tulu ಇಲ್ಲ್ (ill, “house, dwelling, family”), Kolami ఎల్ల (“house”). False cognate of Greenlandic illu.

• IPA^(key): /ilːu/

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• Rhymes: -ల్లు

ఇల్లు • (illu) n (plural ఇండ్లు or ఇళ్లు, genitive ఇంటి)

1. A house (a structure serving as an abode of human beings).

   Synonyms: కొంప (kompa), గృహము (gr̥hamu), సదనము (sadanamu), నికేతనము (nikētanamu), (figuratively) గడప (gaḍapa)

• "ఇల్లు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 141
• ఇల్లు at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
• L. Chakradhara Rao et al, editors (1978-1995), “ఇల్లు”, in తెలుగు వ్యుత్పత్తికోశం [Telugu Etymological Dictionary] (in Telugu), Visakhapatnam (Waltair): Andhra University Press and Publications