అంగుళము
Telugu
Alternative forms
- అంగుళం (aṅguḷaṁ)
Etymology
Sanskrit अङ्गुल (aṅgula, “finger(-length), unit of measurement”) + -ము (-mu).
Noun
అంగుళము • (aṅguḷamu) m (plural అంగుళాలు or అంగుళములు)
- An inch: unit of length equal to one-twelfth of a foot and equivalent to exactly 2.54 centimetres.
References
- "అంగుళము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 6
- అంగుళము at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
- L. Chakradhara Rao et al, editors (1978-1995), “అంగుళము”, in తెలుగు వ్యుత్పత్తికోశం [Telugu Etymological Dictionary] (in Telugu), Visakhapatnam (Waltair): Andhra University Press and Publications