నిమిషము
Telugu
Alternative forms
- నిమిషం (nimiṣaṁ), నిమేషము (nimēṣamu)
Etymology
From Sanskrit निमिष (nimiṣa) + -ము (-mu); the minute sense arose later.
Noun
నిమిషము • (nimiṣamu) ? (plural నిమిషములు)
- twinkling of the eye
- (by extension) an instant, a moment.
- Synonym: క్షణము (kṣaṇamu)
- one minute
References
- "నిమిషము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 654
- నిమిషము at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)