అయితే

Telugu

Alternative forms

• ఐతే (aitē)

Etymology

From the conditional aorist form of అగు (agu, “to be, become”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ajit̪eː/

Conjunction

అయితే • (ayitē)

1. if; should it be so, suppose it were so

   అయితే ఆదివారం, కాకుంటే సోమవారం

   ayitē ādivāraṁ, kākuṇṭē sōmavāraṁ

   If it's not Sunday it's Monday.

2. but, as for, indeed

References

• "అయితే" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 203