ఆవి

Telugu

Etymology

Cognate with Tamil ஆவி (āvi), Malayalam ആവി (āvi), Kannada ಆವಿ (āvi). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːʋi/

Noun

ఆవి • (āvi) n (plural ఆవులు)

1. steam, vapour
2. exhalation
3. heat of the breath

Derived terms

• ఆవించు (āviñcu, “to cook in steam”)
• ఆవిపట్టు (āvipaṭṭu, “to inhale steam, pass steam over”)
• ఆవిరి (āviri, “steam, vapour”)
• ఆవిలి (āvili, “still”)

 

References

• "ఆవి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 127