అక్కర
See also: అక్క
Telugu edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil அக்கரை (akkarai, “concern, interest, need”), Kannada ಅಕ್ಕಱೆ (akkaṟe, “want, necessity, need”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
అక్కర • (akkara) n (plural అక్కరలు)
- necessity, occasion, want, need, desire
- అది నాకు అక్కర లేదు. ― adi nāku akkara lēdu. ― I do not want it.
References edit
- "అక్కర" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 20
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “akkaṟai”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.