ఆయన

See also: అయిన

Telugu

Etymology

(ā) + అన్న (anna)

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -న

Pronoun

ఆయన (āyana)

  1. he; (3rd person male singular formal distal pronoun).
    ఇంటిఆయనiṇṭiāyanathe master of the house

See also

  • Telugu pronouns imply varying levels of formality. In this chart, the top entry in any cell is the most informal, while the bottom is the most formal.

References

  • “ఆయన” in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 119
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