వింత

See also: వంతు, వాతం, వాత, and వాంతి

Telugu

Etymology

Related to విందు (vindu, “entertainment, treat, feast; guest, relation”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋin̪t̪a/

Noun

వింత • (vinta) ? (plural వింతలు)

wonder, curiosity
oddity, oddness, strangeness, peculiarity
an uncommon thing, an odd thing, a rarity
a thing that causes wonder, a marvel

Adjective

వింత • (vinta)

strange, odd, curious, quaint, queer, foreign, new, wonderful

References

"వింత" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 482
"వింత" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1170

Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 5415, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 491.

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