దాపు
Appearance
Telugu
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with దగ్గర (daggara), Tamil அடு (aṭu, “to be next, near”).
Noun
[edit]దాపు • (dāpu) n (plural దాపులు)
Adjective
[edit]దాపు • (dāpu)
- near
- neighbouring, next, bordering on
Derived terms
[edit]- దాదాపు (dādāpu)
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]దాపు • (dāpu) (causal దాపించు)
References
[edit]- "దాపు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 588
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “aṭu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.