అవ్వ

Telugu

Etymology

Cognate with Tamil ஔவை (auvai, “mother”).

Noun

అవ్వ • (avva) f (plural అవ్వలు)

1. a grandmother, a mother
2. any old or respectable woman

References

• "అవ్వ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 98