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Telugu
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *ōṭ-ṭam (“defeat”).
Noun
ఓటము • (ōṭamu) n (plural ఓటములు)
- defeat, failure, fear
References
- Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003) “Dravidians: prehistory and culture”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 8
- in A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary by T. Burrow and M. B. Emeneau