మాసము
Telugu edit
Alternative forms edit
- మాసం (māsaṁ)
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit मास (mā́sa, “moon, month”) + -ము (-mu), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon; month”), from *meh₁- (“to measure”). Cognates include Latin mensis, Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn), Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (māha) and Old English mōnaþ, mōna (English month, moon).
Noun edit
మాసము • (māsamu) ? (plural మాసములు)
Synonyms edit
- నెల (nela)
Derived terms edit
- మాసపత్రిక (māsapatrika, “monthly”)
References edit
- "మాసము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 981