అవ్వ
Telugu edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Tamil ஔவை (auvai, “mother”).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -వ్వ
Noun edit
అవ్వ • (avva) f (plural అవ్వలు)
- A grandmother, a mother.
- Any old or respectable woman.
References edit
- "అవ్వ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 98