మబ్బు
Telugu
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mabːu/
Noun
మబ్బు • (mabbu) n (plural మబ్బులు)
- cloud
- Synonym: మేఘము (mēghamu)
- obscurity, darkness, dimness
- Synonym: చీకటి (cīkaṭi)
- laziness, dullness, heaviness
- Synonym: మంపు (mampu)
Derived terms
- నిద్రమబ్బు (nidramabbu, “drowsiness”)
See also
- ఆగడపలు (āgaḍapalu, “range of clouds”)
References
- "మబ్బు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 960