పిట్ట

See also: పెట్ట and పొట్ట

Telugu

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piʈːa/
• Rhymes: -ట్ట

Noun

పిట్ట • (piṭṭa) ? (plural పిట్టలు)

1. a bird

   (particularly) a small bird or fish

Noun

పిట్ట • (piṭṭa)

1. idle, trifling

Derived terms

• పాలపిట్ట (pālapiṭṭa)
• పిట్టకథ (piṭṭakatha, “idle story”)
• పిట్టగోడ (piṭṭagōḍa)
• వడ్రంగిపిట్ట (vaḍraṅgipiṭṭa, “woodpecker”)

References

• "పిట్ట" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 753
• పిట్ట at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)