తమ్ముడు

Telugu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil தம்பி (tampi), Kannada ತಮ್ಮ (tamma), and Malayalam തമ്പി (tampi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪amːuɖu/

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Noun

తమ్ముడు • (tammuḍu) m (plural తమ్ములు)

1. younger brother

Synonyms

• అనుజుడు (anujuḍu)

Antonyms

• అన్న (anna)

References

• "తమ్ముడు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 510
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “tampi”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 268.