తాత
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Telugu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *tātt-a. Cognate with Tamil தாத்தா (tāttā, “grandfather”), Malayalam താതൻ (tātaṉ, “grandfather, father”), Kannada ತಾತ (tāta, “grandfather”), and Tulu ತಾತೆ (tāte, “grandfather”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- grandfather
- Synonyms: తండ్రితండ్రి (taṇḍritaṇḍri), తాతయ్య (tātayya)
Coordinate terms[edit]
References[edit]
- "తాత" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 521
- Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
- Budaraju Radhakrishna (1971) “తాత”, in Early Telugu Inscriptions (up to 1100 A.D.) with Texts, Glossary & Brief Linguistic History., Kalabhavan, Saifabad, Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi, page 331.