వెన్న

See also: వన్నె and వెన్ను

Telugu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-South Dravidian *weṇney. Cognate with Tamil வெண்ணெய் (veṇṇey), Malayalam വെണ്ണ (veṇṇa), Kannada ಬೆಣ್ಣೆ (beṇṇe).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋenːa/
Rhymes: -న్న

Noun

వెన్న • (venna) n (plural వెన్నలు)

Butter: A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk.
Synonym: నవనీతము (navanītamu)

ఉట్టిమీద వెన్న వుండగా, వూరెల్లా నేతికి దేవులాడనేల
uṭṭimīda venna vuṇḍagā, vūrellā nētiki dēvulāḍanēla
While there is butter in the net, why hunt through the whole village for ghee?

Derived terms

కడలివెన్న (kaḍalivenna, “the moon”)
వెన్నదొంగ (vennadoṅga)
వెన్నపూస (vennapūsa, “a little butter”)
వెన్నముద్ద (vennamudda)

References

"వెన్న" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1217
వెన్న at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)

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