తాతమ్మ

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Telugu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

తాత (tāta, grandfather) +‎ అమ్మ (amma, mother)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

తాతమ్మ (tātammaf (plural తాతమ్మలు)

  1. A grandmother.
  2. A great-grandmother; i.e., a grandfather's mother.

References[edit]

  • "తాత" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 521
  • Budaraju Radhakrishna (1971) “తాతమ్మ”, in Early Telugu Inscriptions (up to 1100 A.D.) with Texts, Glossary & Brief Linguistic History., Kalabhavan, Saifabad, Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi, page 332.