పచ్చ
Telugu
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *pac-. Cognate with Kannada ಪಚ್ಚೆ (pacce), Malayalam പച്ച (pacca), Tamil பச்சை (paccai).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pat͡ɕːa/, [pat͡ʃːa]
- Rhymes: -చ్చ
Noun
పచ్చ • (pacca) ? (plural పచ్చలు)
- Literally, leaf colour. Green, yellowish green, yellow colour (a leaf being first green, then fading into yellow.)
- An emerald.
- Any figure punctured or tattooed into the skin, because it is coloured green.
- A green plant or tree.
Derived terms
- పచ్చరెక్క (paccarekka)
References
- "పచ్చ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 694
- పచ్చ at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
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