మీద

See also: మది, మాది, మీది, మందు, మంది, మంద, ముందు, and -మంది

Telugu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to మీడు (mīḍu, “to devote, sanctify”), Tamil மிசை (micai, “eminence, elevation”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /miːd̪a/

Preposition

మీద • (mīda)

above, on, upon, on the top of
Synonym: పైన (paina)

Antonym: క్రింద (krinda)

మాట మీద మాట. ― māṭa mīda māṭa. ― word upon word.

References

"మీద" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 423
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “micai”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 431.

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