దాపు
Telugu
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with దగ్గర (daggara), Tamil அடு (aṭu, “to be next, near”).
Noun
editదాపు • (dāpu) n (plural దాపులు)
Adjective
editదాపు • (dāpu)
- near
- neighbouring, next, bordering on
Derived terms
edit- దాదాపు (dādāpu)
Etymology 2
editVerb
editదాపు • (dāpu) (causal దాపించు)
References
edit- "దాపు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 588
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “aṭu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.