మాసము

See also: మీసము, మిసిమి, and మాంసము

Telugu

Alternative forms

• మాసం (māsaṁ)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit मास (mā́sa, “moon, month”) +‎ -ము (-mu), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-Iranian, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon; month”), from *meh₁- (“to measure”). Cognates include Latin mensis, Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn), Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (māha) and Old English mōnaþ, mōna (English month, moon).

Noun

మాసము • (māsamu) ? (plural మాసములు)

1. month

Synonyms

• నెల (nela)

Derived terms

• మాసపత్రిక (māsapatrika, “monthly”)

References

• "మాసము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 981