అచ్చు

అచ్చు

See also: అచ్చం

Telugu

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -చ్చు

Etymology 1

From Proto-Dravidian *accu, borrowed from Sanskrit अक्ष (akṣa, “axle”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háĉšas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱs-os. Compare Tamil அச்சு (accu), Latin axis, Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn), English axle.

Noun

అచ్చు • (accu) ? (plural అచ్చులు)

1. axle

Etymology 2

From Proto-Dravidian *accu, perhaps related to Sanskrit सञ्चक (sañcaka, “mould”).

Noun

అచ్చు • (accu) ? (plural అచ్చులు)

1. stamp, a form for printing or for any other impression, a type, a printing press.
2. mould
3. handle of a handmill
4. weaver's reed or stay
5. image, picture

Etymology 3

Perhaps ultimately from Sanskrit अजक्षर (ajakṣara, “vowel”).

Noun

అచ్చు • (accu) ? (plural అచ్చులు)

1. vowel

References

• Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 29