తాతమ్మ

Telugu

Etymology

తాత (tāta, “grandfather”) +‎ అమ్మ (amma, “mother”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪aːt̪amːa/
• Rhymes: -మ్మ

Noun

తాతమ్మ • (tātamma) f (plural తాతమ్మలు)

1. A grandmother.
2. A great-grandmother; i.e., a grandfather's mother.

References

• "తాత" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 521
• Budaraju Radhakrishna (1971) “తాతమ్మ”, in Early Telugu Inscriptions (up to 1100 A.D.) with Texts, Glossary & Brief Linguistic History., Kalabhavan, Saifabad, Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi, page 332.