అట్ట

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See also: అట్టి and అట్టు

Telugu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aʈːa/
  • Rhymes: -ట్ట
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Etymology 1

(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

అట్ట • (aṭṭa) n (plural అట్టలు)

  1. the sole of a shoe or slipper
  2. hide, leather
    ఒంటట్ట చెప్పులు ― oṇṭaṭṭa ceppulu ― shoes with a single leather for a sole
  3. card, pasteboard
  4. cardboard
  5. a pad for writing on
  6. book cover
  7. Alternative form of అట్టియ (aṭṭiya)

Etymology 2

(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

అట్ట • (aṭṭa) ? (plural అట్టలు)

  1. a headless trunk

References

  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “98”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 11.
  2. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “100”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 12.
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