Where does “ఆయన” come from?
ఆయన (Telugu) comes from Telugu ఆ, from Proto-Dravidian a- — that, that there.
ఆయన (Telugu): he
Ancestry of “ఆయన”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Telugu | ఆ | Abbreviation of ఆటవెలది; the letter |
| 2 | Proto-Dravidian | a- | that, that there |