బయలు

Telugu

A plain open field.

Etymology

Borrowed from Kannada ಬಯಲು (bayalu); ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *wayal (“open space, field”). Cognate with Kannada ಬಯಲು (bayalu), Malayalam വയൽ (vayal) and Tamil வயல் (vayal).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bajalu/

Noun

బయలు • (bayalu) n (plural బయళ్ళు)

1. An open field, plain, area.

   Synonym: మైదానము (maidānamu)

2. The outside, exterior.

Related terms

• బయటి (bayaṭi, “outer, exterior”)
• బయట (bayaṭa, “on the outside”)
• బయలుదేరు (bayaludēru, “to leave, set out”)

Descendants

• → Kuvi: ବାୟାଲୁ (bayalu)

References

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
• Brown-1903, Gwynn-1991 (2022) “బయలు”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Telugu Dictionaries]