Telugu

Noun

పాయ • ‎(pāya) (plural పాయలు ‎(pāyalu))

1. A clove or division of an onion or of garlick.
2. The branch of a river.
3. A piece.
4. A tract or division of a country.
5. Manner or mode.

References

• “పాయ” in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 741