తండ్రి

Telugu

Etymology

From Proto-Dravidian *tanṯi (“father”). Compare Kannada ತಂದೆ (tande), Tamil தந்தை (tantai), Kui (India) [script needed] (tanji), Duruwa तेंद (tend).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪aɳɖɾi/

Noun

తండ్రి • (taṇḍri) m (plural తండ్రులు)

1. father

   Synonyms: నాన్న (nānna), అయ్య (ayya)

   Coordinate terms: తల్లి (talli), అమ్మ (amma)

Derived terms

• తండ్రితండ్రి (taṇḍritaṇḍri, “paternal grandfather”)

References

• "తండ్రి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 498
• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
• Budaraju Radhakrishna (1971) “తండ్రి”, in Early Telugu Inscriptions (up to 1100 A.D.) with Texts, Glossary & Brief Linguistic History., Kalabhavan, Saifabad, Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi, page 327.