ఓటము
Telugu
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *ōṭ-ṭam (“defeat”).
Noun
ఓటము • (ōṭamu) n (plural ఓటములు)
- defeat, failure, fear
References
- Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003), “Dravidians: prehistory and culture”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 8
- in A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary by T. Burrow and M. B. Emeneau