అయితే
Telugu
Alternative forms
- ఐతే (aitē)
Etymology
From the conditional aorist form of అగు (agu, “to be, become”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ajit̪eː/
Conjunction
అయితే • (ayitē)
- if; should it be so, suppose it were so
- అయితే ఆదివారం, కాకుంటే సోమవారం
- ayitē ādivāraṁ, kākuṇṭē sōmavāraṁ
- If it's not Sunday it's Monday.
- but, as for, indeed
References
- "అయితే" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 203