South Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-South Dravidian : *mēẓ-i

Meaning : plough-tail

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : mēẓi

Tamil meaning : plough, plough-tail, handle of a plough

Tamil derivates : mēẓiyar agriculturalists

Malayalam : mēẓi, mēññal

Malayalam meaning : ploughtail

Kannada : mēṭi, mēṇi

Kannada meaning : plough-tail

Proto-Nilgiri : *mēṛ

Notes : In Kannada mēṇi < *mēṛi through assimilation with the initial nasal; the form mēṭi, however, is strange.

Number in DED : 5097

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