కొరత
Appearance
Telugu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Tamil குற்றம் (kuṟṟam), Malayalam കുറ്റം (kuṟṟaṁ) and Kannada ಕೊರತೆ (korate).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]కొరత • (korata) n (plural కొరతలు)
- (uncountable) scarcity, want, deficiency
- defect, fault
- Synonym: తక్కువ (takkuva)
Derived terms
[edit]- కొరతనురుకు (koratanuruku, “to do a useless/unworthy deed”)
References
[edit]- "కొరత" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 321