అర

See also: అరి

Telugu

Alternative forms

అఱ (aṟa)

Etymology

Cognate with Kannada ಅರೆ (are), Malayalam അര (ara), Tamil அரை (arai, “half”).

Noun

అర • (ara) n (plural అరలు)

half
Synonyms: సగము (sagamu), అర్ధము (ardhamu)
A room or chamber.

Derived terms

రెండున్నర (reṇḍunnara, “two and a half”)
అరలపెట్టె (aralapeṭṭe, “a box with partitions”)

Adjective

అర • (ara)

half

References

"అర" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 77

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