అమ్మాయి

Telugu

Etymology

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Particularly: “A diminutive form of అమ్మ (amma, “mother”)?”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈamːaːji/, [ˈɐmːaːi]

Noun

అమ్మాయి • (ammāyi) ? (plural అమ్మాయులు)

A little girl

Antonyms

(with regards to gender) అబ్బాయి (abbāyi)

References

"అమ్మాయి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 75
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “ammā”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 18.