లోకోక్తి

Telugu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit लोकोक्ति (lokokti); equivalent to లోకము (lōkamu, “public, community”) +‎ ఉక్తి (ukti, “word, expression”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /loːkoːkt̪i/
Rhymes: -క్తి

Noun

లోకోక్తి • (lōkōkti) ? (plural లోకోక్తులు)

a general or common saying, a proverb, an adage.
Synonyms: సామెత (sāmeta), నానుడి (nānuḍi)

References

"లోకోక్తి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1119
"లోకోక్తి" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 467
లోకోక్తి at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)

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