అవ్వ
Telugu
Etymology
Cognate with Tamil ஔவை (auvai, “mother”).
Noun
అవ్వ • (avva) f (plural అవ్వలు)
- a grandmother, a mother
- any old or respectable woman
References
- "అవ్వ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 98