ఈత

See also: ఈఁత

Telugu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iːt̪a/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *cīntu.

Alternative forms

ఈఁత (īn̆ta)

Noun

ఈత • (īta) ? (plural ఈతలు)

wild date tree called w:Phoenix sylvestris

Derived terms

ఈతకల్లు (ītakallu, “date wine”)
ఈతచెట్టు (ītaceṭṭu, “wild date tree”)
ఈతపండు (ītapaṇḍu, “wild date”)
ఈతముల్లు (ītamullu, “thorn of wide date tree”)
ఈదాడి (īdāḍi, “marshy date tree”)

Etymology 2

From ఈదు (īdu, “to swim”).

Noun

ఈత • (īta) ? (plural ఈతలు)

swimming

Synonyms

ఈదుట (īduṭa)

Derived terms

ఈతకొట్టు (ītakoṭṭu, “to swim”)
ఈతకొలను (ītakolanu, “swimming pool”)
ఎదురీత (edurīta, “swimming against the current”)

Etymology 3

Noun

ఈత • (īta) ? (plural ఈతలు)

bringing forth young, calving

Synonyms

ఈనుట (īnuṭa) (applied to cattle)

References

ఈత at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
"ఈత" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 144