అర

See also: అరి

Telugu

Alternative forms

అఱ (aṟa)

Etymology

Cognate with Kannada ಅರೆ (are), Malayalam അര (ara), Tamil அரை (arai, “half”).

Noun

అర • (ara) n (plural అరలు)

1. half

   Synonyms: సగము (sagamu), అర్ధము (ardhamu)

2. A room or chamber.

Derived terms

• రెండున్నర (reṇḍunnara, “two and a half”)
• అరలపెట్టె (aralapeṭṭe, “a box with partitions”)

Adjective

అర • (ara)

1. half

References

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