-తనము
(Redirected from తనము)
Telugu[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
-తనం (-tanaṁ)
Etymology[edit]
Cognate with Tamil தன்மை (taṉmai, “nature, property”) and -தனம் (-taṉam)
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-తనము • (-tanamu)
- An affix, added to many nouns and adjectives to give them an abstract or a collective force like -ness, -tion, -ment in English words.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- "తనము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 506