అట్ట
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Telugu[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil அட்டை (aṭṭai, “sole of shoe, cardboard”), Kannada ಅಟ್ಟೆ (aṭṭe, “sole (of leather), bark”).[1]
Noun[edit]
అట్ట • (aṭṭa) n (plural అట్టలు)
- the sole of a shoe or slipper
- hide, leather
- ఒంటట్ట చెప్పులు ― oṇṭaṭṭa ceppulu ― shoes with a single leather for a sole
- card, pasteboard
- cardboard
- a pad for writing on
- book cover
- Alternative form of అట్టియ (aṭṭiya)
Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil அட்ட்ஐய்-ஆடல் (aṭṭ’aiy-āṭal, “hero's body continuing to manifest heroic deeds even after dismemberment”), Kannada ಅಟ್ಟೆ (aṭṭe, “a headless trunk, esp. one retaining vitality”).[2]
Noun[edit]
అట్ట • (aṭṭa) ? (plural అట్టలు)
References[edit]
- "అట్ట" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 10
- "అట్ట" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 031
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 98, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 11.
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 100, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 12.