-తనము

See also: తానము and తునుము

Telugu

Alternative forms

-తనం (-tanaṁ)

Etymology

Cognate with Tamil தன்மை (taṉmai, “nature, property”) and -தனம் (-taṉam)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /-t̪an̪amu/

Suffix

-తనము • (-tanamu)

An affix, added to many nouns and adjectives to give them an abstract or a collective force like -ness, -tion, -ment in English words.

Derived terms

Telugu terms suffixed with -తనము

References

"తనము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 506

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