పాప

See also: పాపి, ప్ప, పాపం, పంపు, పోపు, పెంపు, and ప్పు

Telugu

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /paːpa/
Rhymes: -ప

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil பார்ப்பு (pārppu, “fledgling, young of animals”), Kannada ಪಾಪ (pāpa, “small child”).

Noun

పాప • (pāpa) ? (plural పాపలు)

child, baby

Synonyms

పాపాయి (pāpāyi)

Derived terms

కంటిపాప (kaṇṭipāpa)
చంటిపాప (caṇṭipāpa)

Etymology 2

From పాము (pāmu).

Adjective

పాప • (pāpa)

of the serpent, serpentine, snake-like

References

"పాప" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 744
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “pārppu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 364.

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