అర

See also: అరి

Telugu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾa/

Etymology 1

Cognate with Kannada ಅರೆ (are), Malayalam അര (ara), Tamil அரை (arai). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

అర • (ara) n (plural అరలు)

1. half

   Synonyms: సగము (sagamu), అర్ధము (ardhamu)

Derived terms

• రెండున్నర (reṇḍunnara, “two and a half”)

Adjective

అర • (ara)

1. half

Derived terms

• అరచట్ట (aracaṭṭa, “bodice”)

Etymology 2

Noun

అర • (ara) n (plural అరలు)

1. Alternative form of అఱ (aṟa)

Derived terms

• అరలపెట్టె (aralapeṭṭe, “box with partitions”)

References

• "అర" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 77