సీమంతము
Telugu
Etymology
From Sanskrit సీమన్త (sīmanta) + -ము (-mu). Related to సీమ (sīma, “limit, boundary”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siːman̪t̪amu/
Noun
సీమంతము • (sīmantamu) n (plural సీమంతములు)
- a parting of the hair on the head
- a ceremonial parting of the hair on a woman's head at certain periods of the first pregnancy
- (by extension) a baby shower
References
- "సీమంతము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1342