చేప

See also: చాప and చేపు

Telugu

చేప.

Alternative forms

చేఁప (cēn̆pa)

Etymology

From Proto-Dravidian *kayVl (“fish”). Cognate with కక్క (kakka, “fish”), Tamil கயல் (kayal), சேல் (cēl, “carp”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ɕeːpa/, [t͡ʃeːpa]
Rhymes: -ప

Noun

చేప • (cēpa) ? (plural చేపలు)

fish

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:చేప.

Synonyms

మత్స్యము (matsyamu)
మీనము (mīnamu)

References

"చేప" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 434
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “kayal, cēl”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 116.

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