సెలవు

Telugu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with చెల్లు (cellu, “to pass (as time)”), Tamil செல் (cel, “to go, depart”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /selaʋu/

Noun

సెలవు • (selavu) n (plural సెలవులు)

1. leave, permission
2. an order
3. (Madras) expenses, charges, expenditure
4. dismissal, a holiday

Derived terms

• సెలవిచ్చు (selaviccu, “to order, command”)
• సెలవుకాడు (selavukāḍu, “a prodigal, a spendthrift”)
• సెలవుచేయు (selavucēyu, “(Madras) to spend, expend”)

 

References

• "సెలవు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1359
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “cel”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 241.