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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *arajái
Meaning : Ficus religiosa
Proto-South Dravidian: *araçai
Proto-Telugu : *rāvi
Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *rāvi
Proto-Gondi-Kui : *rāji
Notes : In Telugu (and Kolami, if rāvi is not a re-borrowing from Telugu) there has probably occurred an early dissimilation *arajai > *aragai, from whence the dialectal variation between -g- and -v-. // Present in 4/6 branches.
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *araçai
Meaning : Ficus religiosa
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : aracu, araca-maram
Tamil meaning : pipal, Ficus religiosa
Tamil derivates : arai a tree, prob. pipal (Tolk.)
Malayalam : arayāl, aracu, araśāl, araśu
Malayalam meaning : Ficus religiosa
Kannada : arase, arise, araḷi, araḷe, aḷali, aḷḷe
Kannada meaning : Ficus religiosa
Kannada derivates : rāvi id. (< Te.)
Kodagu : araḷi-mara
Kodagu meaning : Ficus religiosa
Notes : A complicated case. Tam. aracu should point to *araç- as the PDR stem, which would not be very compatible with Kan. arase, arise < *araçai, not to mention the rest of the forms. However, I suspect that already on the PSDR level this root must have contaminated with *araça- 'king' (Ficus religiosa being seen as a 'kingly' tree), and this explains such forms as Tam. and Mal. aracu, reinterpreted as simply 'king', and Mal. arayāl, araśāl, from *araça- 'king' + *āl- 'banyan = Ficus bengalensis'. That there actually was an original *araçai 'Ficus religiosa' is confirmed by external data, which is hard to trace back to *araça- 'king'.
Number in DED : 0202
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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *rāvi
Meaning : Ficus religiosa
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu : rāvi
Dialectal forms (1) : rāgi
Number in DED : 202
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Kolami-Gadba etymology :

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Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *rāvi
Meaning : pipal
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Kolami : rāvi "Ficus religiosa"
Number in DED : 202
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Gondwan etymology :

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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *rāji
Meaning : Ficus religiosa
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Konda : rāyi maran
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Konda etymology :

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Konda : rāyi maran
Meaning: Ficus religiosa
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Number in DED : 202
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