సాపాటు
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Telugu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Cognate with Tamil சாப்பாடு (cāppāṭu), Malayalam ശാപ്പാട് (śāppāṭŭ). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
సాపాటు • (sāpāṭu) ? (plural సాపాట్లు)
- meal, food
- 1981, “Sapatu Yetu Ledu”, in Acharya Aatreya (lyrics), M. S. Viswanathan (music), Akali Rajyam, performed by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam:
- సాపాటు ఎటూ లేదు పాటైనా పాడు బ్రదర్
- sāpāṭu eṭū lēdu pāṭainā pāḍu bradar
- Sing this song brother, there's no food anyway
Derived terms[edit]
- సాపాటురాముడు (sāpāṭurāmuḍu, “glutton”)
References[edit]
- "సాపడు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1330
- సాపాటు at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)