సాపాటు

Telugu

Etymology

Cognate with Tamil சாப்பாடு (cāppāṭu), Malayalam ശാപ്പാട് (śāppāṭŭ). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /saːpaːʈu/

Noun

సాపాటు • (sāpāṭu) ? (plural సాపాట్లు)

meal, food
Synonyms: తిండి (tiṇḍi), భోజనము (bhōjanamu)
- 1981, “Sapatu Yetu Ledu”, in Acharya Aatreya (lyrics), M. S. Viswanathan (music), Akali Rajyam, performed by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam:
  సాపాటు ఎటూ లేదు పాటైనా పాడు బ్రదర్
  sāpāṭu eṭū lēdu pāṭainā pāḍu bradar
  Sing this song brother, there's no food anyway

Derived terms

సాపాటురాముడు (sāpāṭurāmuḍu, “glutton”)

References

"సాపడు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1330
సాపాటు at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)

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