చెవి
Telugu

చెవి.
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kewi. Cognate with Tamil செவி (cevi, “ear”), Malayalam ചെവി (cevi, “ear”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tʃeʋi]
Synonyms
- కర్ణము (karṇamu)
Derived terms
- చెవినొప్పి (cevinoppi)
- చెవిపోగు (cevipōgu)
- చెవిపోటు (cevipōṭu, “earache”)
- చెవిటి (ceviṭi)
- చెవులపిల్లి (cevulapilli)
- మధ్యచెవి (madhyacevi, “middle ear”)
- వెలుపలి చెవి (velupali cevi, “external ear or outer ear”)
Etymology 2
From Portuguese chave (“key”).
References
- "చెవి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 432
- చెవి at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
- Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003), “Loanwords from western languages: Portuguese and English”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 479
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