కట్ట

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See also: కుట్టు, కొట్టు, and కట్టు

Telugu[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Probably cognate with Tamil கற்றை (kaṟṟai, “collection, bundle”), Malayalam കറ്റ (kaṟṟa​, “bundle”), Kannada ಕನ್ತೆ (kante, “bundle”). Alternatively, related to Etymology 2.[1]”

Noun[edit]

కట్ట • (kaṭṭa) ? (plural కట్టలు)

  1. a bundle, pack, office file
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Cognate with కట్టు (kaṭṭu, “to tie, bind”), గట్టు (gaṭṭu, “embankment”), Tamil கட்டு (kaṭṭu, “to tie, fasten”), and Sanskrit घट्ट (ghaṭṭa, “wharf”), the latter a Dravidian borrowing.”

Noun[edit]

కట్ట • (kaṭṭa) ? (plural కట్టలు)

  1. a bank, shore
  2. a dam, embankment
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Probably an onomatopoeic formation?”

Interjection[edit]

కట్ట • (kaṭṭa)

  1. alas!

References[edit]

  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 1400, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 130.
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