அண்ணா

Tamil

Etymology

From Proto-Dravidian [Term?], whence also அண்ணன் (aṇṇaṉ), அண்ணாசி (aṇṇāci). Compare Malayalam അണ്ണൻ (aṇṇan), Kannada ಅಣ್ಣ (aṇṇa), Telugu అన్న (anna).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔaɳɳaː/, [ʔʌɳɳɑː]

Noun

அண்ணா • (aṇṇā)

elder brother

References

Thomas Burrow; Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984), “aṇṇaṉ”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford [Oxfordshire]: Clarendon Press

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