అవ్వ

Telugu

Etymology

Cognate with Tamil ஔவை (auvai, “mother”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -వ్వ

Noun

అవ్వ • (avva) f (plural అవ్వలు)

1. A grandmother, a mother.
2. Any old or respectable woman.

References

• "అవ్వ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 98