அண்ணா
Tamil
Etymology
From Proto-Dravidian [Term?], whence also அண்ணன் (aṇṇaṉ), அண்ணாசி (aṇṇāci). Compare Malayalam അണ്ണൻ (aṇṇan), Kannada ಅಣ್ಣ (aṇṇa), Telugu అన్న (anna).
Noun
அண்ணா • (aṇṇā)
References
- Thomas Burrow; Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984), “aṇṇaṉ”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford [Oxfordshire]: Clarendon Press
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