Proto-South Dravidian : *nar-ai-
Meaning : grey; grey hair
Tamil : narai
Tamil meaning : grey hairs, whiteness, a white bull, etc.
Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to become grey-haired, grow grey, fade as crops
Malayalam : nara
Malayalam meaning : greyness, hoary age
Malayalam derivates : narekka to grow grey, be whitish; narappikka to bring on old age; (Tiyya) nera greyness; nerakkuva to become grey
Kannada : nare
Kannada meaning : greyness of the hair, grey hair, hoary age
Kannada derivates : vb. (naret-, narat-) to become grey (hair); narati woman whose hair has become grey; nere greyness of the hair; vb. to become grey
Kodagu : nere
Kodagu meaning : grey
Tulu : narè
Tulu meaning : greyness, hoariness; grey, hoary
Tulu derivates : naraye grey-haired man, white-spotted ox; grey, white-spotted; nareti white-spotted cow; narevuni (hair) becomes grey
Notes : Irregular -e- in Kodagu.
Number in DED : 3609
