అక్కర

See also: అక్క

Telugu

Etymology

Cognate with Tamil அக்கறை (akkaṟai), அக்கரை (akkarai, “concern, interest, need”), Kannada ಅಕ್ಕಱೆ (akkaṟe, “want, necessity, need”).

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akːaɾa/

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Noun

అక్కర • (akkara) n (plural అక్కరలు)

1. necessity, occasion, want, need, desire

   అది నాకు అక్కర లేదు. ― adi nāku akkara lēdu. ― I do not want it.

References

• "అక్కర" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 20
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “akkaṟai”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.