అతిశయము

Telugu

Alternative forms

• అతిశయం (atiśayaṁ)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अतिशय (atiśaya). The sense of "arrogance" developed in Telugu over time after the initial borrowing.

Pronunciation

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Noun

అతిశయము • (atiśayamu) ? (plural అతిశయములు)

1. excellence, preeminence
2. pride
3. arrogance

References

• "అతిశఝము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 41
• అతిశయము at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 472.