[tāū], m. an elder uncle, father’s elder brother.
[◀MIA ∙∙∙ ◀OIA tātagu- ‘paternal’ Apte, m. ‘father's brother’ lex. <tātá- m. ‘(in voc.) affectionate address to junior’ ŚBr., ‘id. to senior’ MBh., ‘father’ MBh. <tatá- m. ‘father’ RV. ◀PIE *tata- ‘daddy (nursery word)’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. dad ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0307; (Turner, 1966) 5755, 5754; (MW, 1899) 0442, 0441, 0432; (Pokorny, 1959) 1056; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.616
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