కొట్టము
See also: కట్టాము
Telugu edit
Etymology 1 edit
Derived from Prakrit goṭṭha, from Sanskrit गोष्ठ (goṣṭha).
Noun edit
కొట్టము • (koṭṭamu) n (plural కొట్టములు)
- A pent roofed chamber or house as distinguished from మిద్దె which is flat-roofed.
- Pounding in a mortar.
- A stable for elephants or horses, or cattle.
- A kind of dance.
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kōṭṭay (“fortress”).
Noun edit
కొట్టము • (koṭṭamu) n (plural కొట్టములు)
- fort, fortress
References edit
- Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003) “Dravidians: prehistory and culture”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 8
- [1] in A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary by T. Burrow and M. B. Emeneau