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Kolami-Gadba etymology :
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Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *var-aj-
Meaning : to scratch
Parji : varc-
Salur Gadba : rāyap- (rāyat-) "to write"
Number in DED : 5263
kogaet-meaning,kogaet-prnum,kogaet-parji,kogaet-salur,kogaet-dednum,
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Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-Dravidian : *var-a-
Meaning : to scratch, write
Proto-South Dravidian: *var- dravet-meaning,dravet-sdr,dravet-tel,dravet-koga,dravet-gnd,
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South Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-South Dravidian : *var-
Meaning : to write; to draw
Tamil : vari (-v-, -nt-)
Tamil meaning : to write, paint, draw
Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to write, paint, draw, adorn, decorate; n. line, streak, stripe, course (as of bricks), line (as of writing), row; varai (-v-, -nt-) to write, inscribe, paint, draw; n. line, wrinkle; varaippu writing; varaivu id., painting
Malayalam : vara
Malayalam meaning : line, streak, furrow, wrinkle
Malayalam derivates : varekka to make lines, rule a page, write; varaccal drawing lines, being wrinkled; varayuka, variyuka to draw lines; vari line, rule, row
Kannada : bare, bari
Kannada meaning : to write, draw
Kannada derivates : bare writing, lines or stripes; barepa, barapa, baraha, barā, barāvu writing, drawing, writ, scripture, written letters; barasu, barisu, bareyisu, baresu to cause to write, have written; barcaṇe paint, colour; barcisu to paint, colour
Kodagu : bare
Kodagu meaning : stripe, brand-mark, burn made on body in illness
Tulu : baripuni
Tulu meaning : to gash, cut, scratch, trim as the border of a field
Tulu derivates : barè branding the arm (in certain diseases); bareta line, mark, scar, weal, stripe; barepini to write, draw; barepāvuni to dictate, cause to write; barāvu writing, manuscript, learning
Number in DED : 5263
sdret-meaning,sdret-prnum,sdret-tam,sdret-tammean,sdret-tamder,sdret-mal,sdret-malmean,sdret-malder,sdret-kan,sdret-kanmean,sdret-kander,sdret-kod,sdret-kodmean,sdret-tul,sdret-tulmean,sdret-tulder,sdret-kt,sdret-dednum,
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Nilgiri etymology :
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Proto-Nilgiri : *var-ăv-
Meaning : to write
Kota : varv- (vard-)
Toda : par- (parɵ-)
Additional forms : Also Kota var letter of alphabet; scar; Toda par writing, life-line in hand
Number in DED : 5263
ktet-meaning,ktet-prnum,ktet-kota,ktet-toda,ktet-addition,ktet-dednum,
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Telugu etymology :
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Proto-Telugu : *vrā-
Meaning : to write, inscribe, compose, draw, paint, delineate
Telugu : vrāyu
Telugu (Krishnamurti) : rāyu, rāsu
Additional forms : Also (K) rāśi gerund, having marked (boundaries) (inscr. A.D. 1310); vrā̃ta writing, handwriting; vrā̃takā̃ḍu writer, clerk; vrāyasamu writing, letter, note; rāyasamu clerkship; vrāyi letter of the alphabet, writing, line; vrāyincu to cause to be written; vrālu writing, handwriting; varuju to draw or mark a line with a sharp instrument on a plank, etc.; (K) variyu to test metal on the touchstone
Number in DED : 5263
telet-meaning,telet-prnum,telet-tel_1,telet-tel_kr,telet-addition,telet-dednum,
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Gondwan etymology :
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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *var-as-
Meaning : to write
Notes : Bisyllabic root.
gndet-meaning,gndet-prnum,gndet-gon,gndet-kon,gndet-kui,gndet-notes,
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Gondi etymology :
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Proto-Gondi : *varās-
Meaning : to puncture; to write
Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : varsānā "to puncture (with the point of a sickle)"
Koya Gondi : rās- "to write"
Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : rāsānā "to write"
Maria Gondi (Lind) : varasānā "to write"
Chanda Gondi : rasāna "to write"
Additional forms : Also Gondi_L varasaval writer, scribe
Number in DED : 5263
Number in CVOTGD : 3029, 3191
gonet-meaning,gonet-prnum,gonet-gondi_ph,gonet-gondi_ko,gonet-gondi_m,gonet-gondi_l,gonet-gondi_chd,gonet-addition,gonet-dednum,gonet-voc_num,
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Konda etymology :
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Konda : rās- (-t-)
Meaning: to write
Number in DED : 5263
konet-meaning,konet-prnum,konet-dednum,
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Kui-Kuwi etymology :
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Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *vrāc-
Meaning : to make marks; to write
Kui : vrīsa (vrīsi-) "to make an incision, furrow or mark, scratch, write, plough, cut up flesh; n. writing"
Kuwi (Schulze) : rācinai "to write, paint, record"
Kuwi (Israel) : rāc- (-it-) "to write"
Additional forms : Also Kui pl. action vrīska (vrīski-); Kuwi_S rāskinai to limn (pl. action of rāc-); ? brīnai to draw
Notes : Kui vocalism is irregular, but external data points to original *-a-; we may suppose analogisation with vrīva 'to break up'.
Number in DED : 5263
kuiet-meaning,kuiet-prnum,kuiet-kui,kuiet-kuwi_s,kuiet-kuwi_isr,kuiet-addition,kuiet-notes,kuiet-dednum,
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