ఈత

See also: ఈఁత

Telugu

Wild date tree.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːt̪a/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *cīntu.

Alternative forms

• ఈఁత (īn̆ta)

Noun

ఈత • (īta) ? (plural ఈతలు)

1. wild date tree called w:Phoenix sylvestris

Derived terms

• ఈతకల్లు (ītakallu, “date wine”)
• ఈతచెట్టు (ītaceṭṭu, “wild date tree”)
• ఈతపండు (ītapaṇḍu, “wild date”)
• ఈతముల్లు (ītamullu, “thorn of wide date tree”)
• ఈదాడి (īdāḍi, “marshy date tree”)

Etymology 2

From ఈదు (īdu, “to swim”).

Noun

ఈత • (īta) ? (plural ఈతలు)

A freestyle swimming stroke animation.

1. swimming

Synonyms

• ఈదుట (īduṭa)

Derived terms

• ఈతకొట్టు (ītakoṭṭu, “to swim”)
• ఈతకొలను (ītakolanu, “swimming pool”)
• ఎదురీత (edurīta, “swimming against the current”)

Etymology 3

Noun

ఈత • (īta) ? (plural ఈతలు)

1. bringing forth young, calving

Synonyms

• ఈనుట (īnuṭa) (applied to cattle)

References

• ఈత at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
• "ఈత" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 144