వింత

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Telugu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Related to విందు (vindu, entertainment, treat, feast; guest, relation).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /ʋin̪t̪a/

Noun[edit]

వింత (vinta? (plural వింతలు)

  1. wonder, curiosity
  2. oddity, oddness, strangeness, peculiarity
  3. an uncommon thing, an odd thing, a rarity
  4. a thing that causes wonder, a marvel

Adjective[edit]

వింత (vinta)

  1. strange, odd, curious, quaint, queer, foreign, new, wonderful

References[edit]

  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 5415, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 491.