తాత

See also: త్త and తంతి

Telugu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *tātt-a. Cognate with Tamil தாத்தா (tāttā, “grandfather”), Malayalam താതൻ (tātaṉ, “grandfather, father”), Kannada ತಾತ (tāta, “grandfather”), and Tulu ತಾತೆ (tāte, “grandfather”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪aːt̪a/

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• Rhymes: -త

Noun

తాత • (tāta) m (plural తాతలు)

1. grandfather

   Synonyms: తండ్రితండ్రి (taṇḍritaṇḍri), తాతయ్య (tātayya)

Coordinate terms

• (with regard to gender) తాతమ్మ (tātamma), నాయనమ్మ (nāyanamma), అమ్మమ్మ (ammamma), బామ్మ (bāmma)

References

• "తాత" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 521
• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
• Budaraju Radhakrishna (1971) “తాత”, in Early Telugu Inscriptions (up to 1100 A.D.) with Texts, Glossary & Brief Linguistic History., Kalabhavan, Saifabad, Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi, page 331.