పినతల్లి

Telugu

Etymology

పిన (pina, “young”) +‎ తల్లి (talli, “mother”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pin̪at̪alːi/

Noun

పినతల్లి • (pinatalli) f (plural పినతల్లులు)

(literary) A younger mother.
A younger aunt; i.e., mother's younger sister or wife of father's younger brother.
Synonyms: పిన్నమ్మ (pinnamma), పిన్ని (pinni), చిన్నమ్మ (cinnamma), చినతల్లి (cinatalli)

References

"పిన" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 760

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