Proto-Telugu : *vrā-
Meaning : to write, inscribe, compose, draw, paint, delineate
Telugu : vrāyu
Telugu (Krishnamurti) : rāyu, rāsu
Additional forms : Also (K) rāśi gerund, having marked (boundaries) (inscr. A.D. 1310); vrā̃ta writing, handwriting; vrā̃takā̃ḍu writer, clerk; vrāyasamu writing, letter, note; rāyasamu clerkship; vrāyi letter of the alphabet, writing, line; vrāyincu to cause to be written; vrālu writing, handwriting; varuju to draw or mark a line with a sharp instrument on a plank, etc.; (K) variyu to test metal on the touchstone
Number in DED : 5263
