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
