గట్టి

Telugu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡaʈːi/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil கெட்டி (keṭṭi, “cleverness, skill”), Malayalam കട്ടിയമ് (kaṭṭiyamŭ, “id”).^[1]

Adjective

గట్టి • (gaṭṭi)

(of cloth) not torn, in good repair
able, clever, expert
brave, courageous, resolute, smart, fine

Etymology 2

Cognate with కట్టు (kaṭṭu, “to gather, collect, become hard”), Tamil கட்டு (kaṭṭu, “to harden, congeal”), Malayalam കട്ട (kaṭṭa, “lump, mass, clod”), Kannada ಕಟ್ಟು (kaṭṭu, “to gather (as a boil, secretion, or lump)”).^[2]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Although Burrow separates this from Etymology 1, it certainly seems like it could be related, as the semantics are not too far.”

Adjective

గట్టి • (gaṭṭi)

References

"గట్టి" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 154
"గట్టి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 351

^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “1144”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 107.
^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “1148”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page page-108.

[1] Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “1144”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 107.

[2] Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “1148”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page page-108.

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