पील

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Kannada ಪಿಳ್ಳೆ (piḷḷe).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pil/, [piːl]

Noun

पील • (pīl) m

  1. young one in general (of dogs, cats, hares, frogs &c. and m of hens, parrots, crows, and some other birds)
  2. an offshoot from the root (as of the Plantain or Bamboo)
  3. a sucker or stole.

References
  • Berntsen Date, Molesworth, Tulpule/Feldhaus Vaze (2022) “पील”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Marathi Dictionaries]
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