రామచిలక

Telugu

Etymology

రామ (rāma, “Rāma”) +‎ చిలక (cilaka, “parrot”) (so called because it is taught to reiterate the name of Rāma)

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -క

Noun

రామచిలక • (rāmacilaka) ? (plural రామచిలకలు)

The rose-ringed parakeet, Palaeornis torquatus

References

"రామ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1075

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