పచ్చ

See also: పచ్చి

Telugu

Etymology

Cognate with Tamil பச்சை (paccai)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [paʈsʈsa]
  • Rhymes: -చ్చ

Noun

పచ్చ • (pacca) ? (plural పచ్చలు)

  1. Literally, leaf colour. Green, yellowish green, yellow colour (a leaf being first green, then fading into yellow.)
  2. An emerald.
  3. Any figure punctured or tattooed into the skin, because it is coloured green.
  4. A green plant or tree.

Adjective

పచ్చ • (pacca)

  1. green, yellow, sallow.

References
  • “పచ్చ” in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 694
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