పాత

See also: పతి, పిత, పీత, ప్త, పోతు, పూఁత, పూత, and పాతు

Telugu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *paẓ-a (“old, used”). Cognate to Malayalam പഴയ (paḻaya, “old”), Kannada ಹಳೆಯ (haḷeya, “old”), Tamil பழைய (paḻaiya, “old”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paːt̪a/
Rhymes: -త

Adjective

పాత • (pāta)

of or pertaining to old age
పాత దుస్తులు.
pāta dustulu.
old clothes.
old, decayed, worn out

Synonyms

ప్రాత (prāta)

Antonyms

కొత్త (kotta)

References

"పాత" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 741
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “par̤a”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 355.

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