కొరత
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Telugu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Cognate with Tamil குற்றம் (kuṟṟam), Malayalam കുറ്റം (kuṟṟaṁ) and Kannada ಕೊರತೆ (korate).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
కొరత • (korata) n (plural కొరతలు)
- (uncountable) scarcity, want, deficiency
- defect, fault
- Synonym: తక్కువ (takkuva)
Derived terms[edit]
- కొరతనురుకు (koratanuruku, “to do a useless/unworthy deed”)
References[edit]
- "కొరత" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 321