English Meaning of 'kannayya'

Meaning of 'kannayya'

kannayya. [Tel.] n. A father by blood (as distinguished from an adopted father). Another meaning is in use. When parents fear an infant may die, they sometimes bore a crevice through the wall and put the babe through it: then they name their son kannayya him of the cleft as received directly from the deity.

Meaning of కన్నయ్య

kannayya. [Tel.] n. A father by blood (as distinguished from an adopted father). Another meaning is in use. When parents fear an infant may die, they sometimes bore a crevice through the wall and put the babe through it: then they name their son కన్నయ్య him of the cleft as received directly from the deity.