దినము

Telugu

Alternative forms

• దినం (dinaṁ)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit दिन (dina) +‎ -ము (-mu). Ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“to shine”), whence also *déy-no-, whence Lithuanian diena, Old Church Slavonic дьнь (dĭnĭ). Other cognates include Old Armenian տիւ (tiw, “daytime”), Latin diēs (“day”).

Noun

దినము • (dinamu) n (plural దినములు)

1. day
2. The day time.

Synonyms

• దివసము (divasamu)

Derived terms

• దినపత్రిక (dinapatrika, “daily”)

References

• "దినము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 594