కట్ట

See also: కుట్టు, కొట్టు, and కట్టు

Telugu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaʈːa/
Rhymes: -ట్ట

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Probably cognate with Tamil கற்றை (kaṟṟai, “collection, bundle”), Malayalam കറ്റ (kaṟṟa, “bundle”), Kannada ಕನ್ತೆ (kante, “bundle”). Alternatively, related to Etymology 2.^[1]”

Noun

కట్ట • (kaṭṭa) ? (plural కట్టలు)

a bundle, pack, office file

Derived terms

చీపురుకట్ట (cīpurukaṭṭa)

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Cognate with కట్టు (kaṭṭu, “to tie, bind”), గట్టు (gaṭṭu, “embankment”), Tamil கட்டு (kaṭṭu, “to tie, fasten”), and Sanskrit घट्ट (ghaṭṭa, “wharf”), the latter a Dravidian borrowing.”

Noun

కట్ట • (kaṭṭa) ? (plural కట్టలు)

a bank, shore
a dam, embankment

Derived terms

ఆనకట్ట (ānakaṭṭa)

Etymology 3

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Probably an onomatopoeic formation?”

Interjection

కట్ట • (kaṭṭa)

alas!

References

"కట్ట" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 105
"కట్ట" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 230
కట్ట at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
Budaraju Radhakrishna (1971) “కట్ట”, in Early Telugu Inscriptions (up to 1100 A.D.) with Texts, Glossary & Brief Linguistic History., Kalabhavan, Saifabad, Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi, page 256.

^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “1400”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 130.

[1] Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “1400”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 130.

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