దుమ్ము

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Telugu[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

దుమ్ము

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit धूम (dhūma). Doublet of ధూమము (dhūmamu).

Noun[edit]

దుమ్ము (dummun (plural only)

  1. dust
    Synonym: ధూళి (dhūḷi)

Etymology 2[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Konda-Dora [script needed] (ḍumu, bone).[1]

Noun[edit]

దుమ్ము (dummun (plural దుమ్ములు)

  1. (particularly North Andhra) bone
    Synonyms: ఎముక (emuka), బొక్క (bokka), అస్థి (asthi)
Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 2965, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 257.