పాత

See also: పతి, పిత, పీత, ప్త, పోతు, పూఁత, పూత, and పాతు

Telugu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *paẓ-a (“old, used”). Cognate to Malayalam പഴയ (paḻaya, “old”), Kannada ಹಳೆಯ (haḷeya, “old”), Tamil பழைய (paḻaiya, “old”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paːt̪a/
• Rhymes: -త

Adjective

పాత • (pāta)

1. of or pertaining to old age

   పాత దుస్తులు.

   pāta dustulu.

   old clothes.

2. old, decayed, worn out

Synonyms

• ప్రాత (prāta)

Antonyms

• కొత్త (kotta)

References

• "పాత" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 741
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “par̤a”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 355.