పచ్చ
See also: పచ్చి
Telugu
Etymology
Cognate with Tamil பச்சை (paccai)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [paʈsʈsa]
- Rhymes: -చ్చ
Noun
పచ్చ • (pacca) ? (plural పచ్చలు)
- Literally, leaf colour. Green, yellowish green, yellow colour (a leaf being first green, then fading into yellow.)
- An emerald.
- Any figure punctured or tattooed into the skin, because it is coloured green.
- A green plant or tree.
Adjective
పచ్చ • (pacca)
- green, yellow, sallow.
References
- “పచ్చ” in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 694