బీద

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See also: బేది, బొంది, బిందె, బూంది, బృంద, బాఁదు, and బాదు

Telugu

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Brown claims a borrowing from Sanskrit भीति (bhīti, “fear, alarm, dread, danger”), but this seems semantically suspect. Burrow, on the other hand, considers this a native Dravidian term, and links it to Konda-Dora [script needed] (bīduṛ, “poor, wretched”).”

Adjective

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బీద • (bīda)

  1. poor, needy, downcast, dejected, wretched

Noun

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బీద • (bīda) ? (plural బీదలు)

  1. a poor or destitute person

Derived terms

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References

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