ఆట

Telugu

Alternative forms

• ఆటము (āṭamu)

Etymology

From ఆడు (āḍu, “to play, do, perform”). Cognate with Kannada ಆಟ (āṭa), Tamil ஆட்டம் (āṭṭam).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːʈa/

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Noun

ఆట • (āṭa) n (plural ఆటలు)

1. play, sport, game

   Synonyms: క్రీడ (krīḍa), కేళి (kēḷi)

2. dance

   Synonym: నాట్యము (nāṭyamu)

3. play, acting, theatrical performance

   Synonym: నాటకము (nāṭakamu)

4. jest, joke, gambling

   Synonym: సరసము (sarasamu)

5. doing, act, action, performance

   Synonym: చేత (cēta)

Derived terms

• ఆటకాడు (āṭakāḍu, “actor, dancer”)
• ఆటలో అరటిపండు (āṭalō araṭipaṇḍu)
• ఆటవిడుపు (āṭaviḍupu, “playday, school holiday”)
• ఆటవెలది (āṭaveladi, “dancing girl”)
• ఆటాడు (āṭāḍu, “to play a play, dance a dance”)
• డేగాట (ḍēgāṭa, “hawking”)
• నీరాట (nīrāṭa, “bathing”)
• పేకాట (pēkāṭa, “card game”)
• పోరాట (pōrāṭa, “fight, struggle”)
• ఱంకాట (ṟaṅkāṭa, “adultery”)
• సయ్యాట (sayyāṭa, “joke, sport”)

References

• "ఆట" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 111