శమి
Telugu
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit शमी (śamī, “Prosopis spicigera”)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɕami/, [ʃami]
Adjective
శమి • (śami)
Noun
శమి • (śami) ? (plural శములు)
- one who is calm.
- (botany) a tree called w:Prosopis spicigera; synonym of Prosopis cineraria
- Synonym: జమ్మిచెట్టు (jammiceṭṭu)
Derived terms
- శమీధాన్యము (śamīdhānyamu, “grains in a pod”)
- శమీపూజ (śamīpūja, “praying the Prosopis cineraria”)
- శమీవృక్షము (śamīvr̥kṣamu, “Prosopis cineraria tree”)
References
- శమి at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
- "శమి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1250