పిన్న

Telugu

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *pin, with a semantic shift from "back" > "(born) after" > "young". Cognate with Old Kannada ಪಿಂ (piṃ), Kannada ಹಿಂದೆ (hinde), Malayalam പിൻ (piṉ) and Tamil பின் (piṉ).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /pinːa/

    Adjective

    పిన్న • (pinna)

    1. little, young
      Synonyms: చిన్న (cinna), చిరు (ciru), చిట్టి (ciṭṭi)

    Derived terms

    References

    "పిన్న" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 760