తాళము
Telugu
Alternative forms
- తాళం (tāḷaṁ)
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil தாழ் (tāḻ, “latch, lock, bolt”), Old Kannada ತಾೞ್ (tāḻ), Malayalam താഴ് (tāḻŭ), and Sanskrit ताल (tāla).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /t̪aːɭamu/
Noun
తాళము • (tāḷamu) n (plural తాళములు)
Derived terms
Noun
తాళము • (tāḷamu) ? (plural తాళములు)
Derived terms
- తాళపత్రము (tāḷapatramu)
- తాళవృక్షము (tāḷavr̥kṣamu)
Noun
తాళము • (tāḷamu) ? (plural తాళములు)
- time or measure in music.
- A cymbal, because used to keep time with.
- ఆదితాళము
- āditāḷamu
- one of the modes by which musical time is measured
References
- "తాళము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 526
- Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “tār̤”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 276.