సాపాటు

Telugu

Etymology

Cognate with Tamil சாப்பாடு (cāppāṭu), Malayalam ശാപ്പാട് (śāppāṭŭ). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːpaːʈu/

Noun

సాపాటు • (sāpāṭu) ? (plural సాపాట్లు)

1. meal, food

   Synonyms: తిండి (tiṇḍi), భోజనము (bhōjanamu)

   • 1981, “Sapatu Yetu Ledu”, in Acharya Aatreya (lyrics), M. S. Viswanathan (music), Akali Rajyam, performed by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam:

     సాపాటు ఎటూ లేదు పాటైనా పాడు బ్రదర్

     sāpāṭu eṭū lēdu pāṭainā pāḍu bradar

     Sing this song brother, there's no food anyway

Derived terms

• సాపాటురాముడు (sāpāṭurāmuḍu, “glutton”)

References

• "సాపడు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1330
• సాపాటు at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)