అద్దము
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Telugu
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Mirror.jpg/250px-Mirror.jpg)
Alternative forms
[edit]- అద్దం (addaṁ)
Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Gondi अद्दोम (addam, “mirror”). Also compare Prakrit [script needed] (addāa-, “mirror”) (is this from Sanskrit आदर्श (ādarśa, “mirror”)?) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]అద్దము • (addamu) n (plural అద్దములు)
- mirror: a smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.
- glass
Descendants
[edit]- → Tamil: அத்தம் (attam)
References
[edit]- Brown-1903, Gwynn-1991 (2022) “అద్దము”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Telugu Dictionaries]