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Konkani
Noun
आत्या • (ātyā) f (Latin script ?, Kannada script ?)
- paternal aunt (father's sister)
Marathi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Marathi आत (āta), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀅𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸 (attā), from Proto-Dravidian *atta.
Noun
आत्या • (ātyā) f
- aunt (father's sister)
References
- Berntsen, Maxine, “आत्या”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “आत्या”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “आत्या”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
- Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “attā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press