Wiktionary

చిత్రము

See also: చైత్రము and చతురము

Telugu edit

Alternative forms edit

చిత్రం (citraṁ)

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit चित्र (citra, “picture, sketch, painting”) +‎ -ము (-mu).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕit̪ɾamu/, [t͡ʃit̪ɾamu]

Noun edit

చిత్రము • (citramu) n (plural చిత్రములు)

  1. painting, picture
    Synonyms: బొమ్మ (bomma), అచ్చు (accu), పుత్తళిక (puttaḷika), పటము (paṭamu)
  2. (formal, literary, by extension) film, movie
    Synonym: సినిమా (sinimā)
  3. variety, strangeness, singularity
  4. variegated colour
  5. curiosity
  6. species
  7. diversity

Usage notes edit

The use of this word to mean film has been declining, with more written publications and newspapers switching over to the colloquial word సినిమా (sinimā) over time.

Derived terms edit

Adjective edit

చిత్రము • (citramu)

  1. particoloured, speckled, chequered, streaked
  2. odd, strange, novel
  3. picturesque, pretty

References edit

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