ఓష్ఠము

Telugu

Etymology

From Sanskrit ओष्ठ (oṣṭha) +‎ -ము (-mu); from Proto-Indo-European *h₁oh₁s- (“mouth”).

Noun

ఓష్ఠము • (ōṣṭhamu) ? (plural ఓష్ఠములు)

(anatomy) lip
(anatomy) labium

Synonyms

పెదవి (pedavi)
మోవి (mōvi)
అధరము (adharamu)

Derived terms

ఓష్ఠామృతము (ōṣṭhāmr̥tamu, “the nectar of the lips”)

References

"ఓష్ఠము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 220

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