అచ్చు

See also: అచ్చం

Telugu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /at͡ɕːu/, [at͡ʃːu]
• Rhymes: -చ్చు

Etymology 1

Derived from Sanskrit अक्ष (akṣa, “axle”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćšas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱs-os. Doublet of అక్షము (akṣamu). Compare Tamil அச்சு (accu), Latin axis, Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn), English axle.

Noun

అచ్చు • (accu) n (plural అచ్చులు)

1. axle

   Synonyms: ఇరుసు (irusu), అక్షము (akṣamu)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Dravidian *accu, perhaps related to Sanskrit सञ्चक (sañcaka, “mould”).

Noun

అచ్చు • (accu) n (plural అచ్చులు)

1. A stamp, a form for printing or for any other impression, a type, a printing press.
2. A mould.
3. The handle of a handmill.
4. A weaver's reed or stay.
5. An image, picture.

   Synonyms: బొమ్మ (bomma), పుత్తళిక (puttaḷika), చిత్రము (citramu), పటము (paṭamu)

Etymology 3

Perhaps ultimately from Sanskrit अजक्षर (ajakṣara, “vowel”).

Noun

అచ్చు • (accu) n (plural అచ్చులు)

1. (phonetics) vowel

References

• "అచ్చు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 29