அண்ணா

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *aṇṇa.

அண்ணா (aṇṇā)

1. elder brother

• Gerard F. Diffloth (1968) The Irula Language, a close relative to Tamil‎, University of California, Los Angeles, page 47

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• IPA^(key): /ɐɳːaː/

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *aṇṇa (“elder brother”). Cognate with Telugu అన్న (anna), Kannada ಅಣ್ಣ (aṇṇa), Sholaga ಅಣ್ಣ (aṇṇa), Tulu ಅಣ್ಣೆ (aṇṇe), or ಅನ್ನೆ (anne), Malayalam അണ്ണൻ (aṇṇaṉ).

• அண்ணன் (aṇṇaṉ)

அண்ணா • (aṇṇā)

1. elder brother

• அண்ணாசி (aṇṇāci)

Cognate to Kannada ಅಣ್ಣೆ (aṇṇe).

அண்ணா • (aṇṇā)

1. to look upwards
2. to gape

• University of Madras (1924–1936) “அண்ணா-த்தல்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras : Diocesan Press
• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “aṇṇaṉ”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 131.