ఎకరా

Telugu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ekaɾaː/

Etymology 1

Probably a back-formation from ఎకరాలు (ekarālu), formed by the sound shift omitting the -ము suffix from ఎకరములు (ekaramulu), plural of ఎకరము (ekaramu), borrowed from English acre.

Noun

ఎకరా • (ekarā) ? (plural ఎకరాలు)

1. Alternative form of ఎకరము (ekaramu)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Urdu [Term?].

Noun

ఎకరా • (ekarā) ? (plural ఎకరాలు)

1. courtyard, especially one for elephants

References

• "ఎకరా" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 180
• ఎకరా at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)

  L. Chakradhara Rao et al, editors (1978-1995), “ఎకరా”, in తెలుగు వ్యుత్పత్తికోశం [Telugu Etymological Dictionary] (in Telugu), Visakhapatnam (Waltair): Andhra University Press and Publications