మబ్బు

Telugu

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mabːu/
• Rhymes: -బ్బు

Noun

మబ్బు • (mabbu) n (plural మబ్బులు)

1. cloud

   Synonym: మేఘము (mēghamu)

2. obscurity, darkness, dimness

   Synonym: చీకటి (cīkaṭi)

3. laziness, dullness, heaviness

   Synonym: మంపు (mampu)

Derived terms

• నిద్రమబ్బు (nidramabbu, “drowsiness”)

 

See also

• ఆగడపలు (āgaḍapalu, “range of clouds”)

References

• "మబ్బు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 960