ఎకరా
Telugu
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Probably a back-formation from ఎకరాలు (ekarālu), formed by the sound shift omitting the -ము (-mu) suffix from ఎకరములు (ekaramulu), plural of ఎకరము (ekaramu), borrowed from English acre.
Noun
[edit]ఎకరా • (ekarā) ? (plural ఎకరాలు)
- Alternative form of ఎకరము (ekaramu)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]ఎకరా • (ekarā) ? (plural ఎకరాలు)
- courtyard, especially one for elephants
References
[edit]- "ఎకరా" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 180
- ఎకరా at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
- L. Chakradhara Rao et al, editors (1978-1995), “ఎకరా”, in తెలుగు వ్యుత్పత్తికోశం [Telugu Etymological Dictionary] (in Telugu), Visakhapatnam (Waltair): Andhra University Press and Publications