తత్సమము

Telugu

Alternative forms

తత్సమం (tatsamaṁ)

Etymology

తత్ (tat, “that”) +‎ సమము (samamu, “equal”)

Noun

తత్సమము • (tatsamamu) ? (plural తత్సమములు)

1. (literal) Equivalent to that.
2. (grammar) A term in Telugu etymology used to denote words borrowed from Sanskrit, but with the termination altered.

References

• "తత్సమము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 505