అపసవ్యము
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Telugu[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
అపసవ్యం (apasavyaṁ)
Etymology[edit]
అప- (apa-) + సవ్యము (savyamu)
Adjective[edit]
అపసవ్యము • (apasavyamu)
- Contrary, opposite to, on the wrong side.
Noun[edit]
అపసవ్యము • (apasavyamu) ? (plural అపసవ్యములు)
- Putting the braminical thread the wrong way: that is, on the right shoulder and letting it fall on the left side instead of lying on the left shoulder.
References[edit]
- "అపసవ్యము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 63