ఓటము

Telugu

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *ōṭ-ṭam (“defeat”).

Noun

ఓటము • (ōṭamu) n (plural ఓటములు)

1. defeat, failure, fear

References

• Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003) “Dravidians: prehistory and culture”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 8
• [1] in A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary by T. Burrow and M. B. Emeneau