రచయిత

Telugu

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit రచయితా (racayitā), from the root रच् (rac). Compare Malayalam രചയിതാവ് (racayitāvŭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾat͡ɕajit̪a/, [ɾat͡ʃajit̪a]
• Hyphenation: ర‧చ‧యి‧త
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

రచయిత • (racayita) m (plural రచయితలు)

1. author, writer

   Synonym: (female) రచయిత్రి (racayitri)

References

• "racayita" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 448
• రచయిత at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)

  Chekuri Rama Rao, editor (2004 (1998)), “author”, in పత్రికా పదకోశం (ఇంగ్లీషు - తెలుగు) [Dictionary of Newspaper Language (English - Telugu)] (in Telugu), revised edition, Hyderabad: Press Academy of Andhra Pradesh

  Budaraju Radhakrishna (2008) “author”, in ఆధునికవ్యవహారకోశం ఇంగ్లీష్-తెలుగు [Vocabulary of Modern Affairs English-Telugu] (in Telugu), 2nd edition, Hyderabad: Prachee Publications