Nilgiri etymology : List with all references

Proto-Nilgiri : *vāṛ

Meaning : dairy

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : ēr iṭ vāy "fields near village which are ploughed in the sowing ceremony (lit. field to which they put the team of plough bullocks)"

Toda : pōw "one variety of dairy (viz. all those belonging to the tī grade, the conical dairies, and a few others of high sanctity)"

Additional forms : Also Kota vāyv Toda tī dairy; karpōy pen and cowshed attached (i. e. milking place; see 1385; is the second member pōy or ōy?); Toda poɫ̣ ōɫ̣ the priest of the tī dairy (i. e. the man [ōɫ̣] of the pōw); -aɫ̣f an element in many dairy names (e. g. mōs_aɫ̣f, beside the pen mōt_wɨ̄ < mōs_ + twɨ̄); ? pōš, in: pōš tüṇy garment of priest of tī dairy, when worn around waist, and pōš tūṭ front lock of hair as tied up by priest of tī dairy (MBE 1974b, pp. 13f.); ōy field nearest Badaga village, garden (< Badaga hā́i)

Number in DED : 4112

Proto-South Dravidian : *pāẓ-

Meaning : temple; sacred field

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : pāẓi

Tamil meaning : temple; town, city, town of an agricultural tract, hermitage

Tamil derivates : pāṇi town, village, district; ? paẓan_am paddy field, agricultural land, tank

Kannada : hā́i

Kannada meaning : (Badaga) field near village (Emeneau, Language 15.45)

Proto-Nilgiri : *vāṛ

Notes : Unclear v- in Kota. Contamination?

Number in DED : 4112

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