దుమ్ము

Telugu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪umːu/
• Rhymes: -మ్ము

దుమ్ము

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit धूम (dhūma). Doublet of ధూమము (dhūmamu).

Noun

దుమ్ము • (dummu) n (plural only)

1. dust

   Synonym: ధూళి (dhūḷi)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Konda-Dora [script needed] (ḍumu, “bone”).

Noun

దుమ్ము • (dummu) n (plural దుమ్ములు)

1. (particularly North Andhra) bone

   Synonyms: ఎముక (emuka), బొక్క (bokka), అస్థి (asthi)

Derived terms

• దుమ్ములగొండి (dummulagoṇḍi, “hyena”)

 

References

• "దుమ్ము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 602
• దుమ్ము at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)