సీమ

See also: సాము, సుమ, and సుమం

Telugu

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siːma/

Noun

సీమ • (sīma) n (plural సీమలు)

1. country
2. (colloquial) foreign country
3. region
4. kingdom

Derived terms

• కోనసీమ (kōnasīma, “river delta”)
• రాయలసీమ (rāyalasīma, “Rayalaseema”)

 

Adjective

సీమ • (sīma)

1. (in compounds) foreign

Derived terms

• సీమకొండ (sīmakoṇḍa, “foreign hill”)
• సీమకోడి (sīmakōḍi, “turkey, foreign fowl”)
• సీమచింత (sīmacinta, “Manila tamarind”)

 

References

• "సీమ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1342