మౌనము
Telugu
Alternative forms
- మౌనం (maunaṁ)
Etymology
From Sanskrit मौन (mauna) + -ము (-mu).
Noun
మౌనము • (maunamu) ? (plural మౌనములు)
- silence
- Synonym: నిశ్శబ్దము (niśśabdamu)
- 1987, Ilaiyaraaja, “Matarani”, in Maharshi, performed by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and K. S. Chithra:
- మాటరాని మౌనమిది… మౌనవీణ గానమిది
- māṭarāni maunamidi… maunavīṇa gānamidi
- This is a silence without any words... This is a song played with silent instruments
References
- "మౌనము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1049
- మౌనము at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)