వెన్న
See also: వన్నె and వెన్ను
Telugu
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *weṇ-ney. Cognate with Tamil வெண்ணெய் (veṇṇey), Malayalam വെണ്ണ (veṇṇa), Kannada ಬೆಣ್ಣೆ (beṇṇe).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋenːa/
- Rhymes: -న్న
Noun
వెన్న • (venna) n (plural వెన్నలు)
- Butter: A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk.
- ఉట్టిమీద వెన్న వుండగా, వూరెల్లా నేతికి దేవులాడనేల
- uṭṭimīda venna vuṇḍagā, vūrellā nētiki dēvulāḍanēla
- While there is butter in the net, why hunt through the whole village for ghee?
- Synonym: నవనీతము (navanītamu)
Derived terms
- కడలివెన్న (kaḍalivenna, “the moon”)
References
- "వెన్న" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1217
- వెన్న at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)