బోనము

Telugu

Alternative forms

• బోనం (bōnaṁ)

Etymology

From Prakrit 𑀪𑁄𑀅𑀡 (bhoaṇa, “the act of eating; a meal, food”) +‎ -ము (-mu); itself from Sanskrit भोजन (bhojana). Doublet of భోజనము (bhōjanamu) and భోజనంబు (bhōjanambu).

Noun

బోనము • (bōnamu) n (plural బోనములు)

1. food

   Synonyms: భోజనము (bhōjanamu), భోజనంబు (bhōjanambu)

   1. (by extension) meat, particularly a sacrificial offering
   2. boiled rice

      Synonym: అన్నము (annamu)

References

• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003), “10.3 Phonological principles governing loanwords from Indo-Aryan”, in The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 475.
• "బోనము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 916
• బోనము at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)