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teknonymy

/tɛkˈnɒnɪmi/

teknonymy noun: the cultural practice of referring to parents by the names of their children.

Noun

teknonymy (uncountable)

  1. The cultural practice of referring to parents by the names of their children.

teknonymy meaning in Tamil

teknonymy in Tamil

சேய்வழிப் பெயர்

Origin of teknonymy

From tecno- + -onymy.

Words formed from teknonymy

Questions about teknonymy

What does teknonymy mean?
Teknonymy means the cultural practice of referring to parents by the names of their children.
What is teknonymy in Tamil?
Teknonymy in Tamil is சேய்வழிப் பெயர். See Teknonymy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is teknonymy?
Teknonymy is a noun.
How do you pronounce teknonymy?
Teknonymy is pronounced /tɛkˈnɒnɪmi/.

Words near teknonymy in the dictionary

  1. tekno
  2. teknonym
  3. teknonymic
  4. teknonymous
  5. teknonyms
  6. teknonymy
  7. Teko
  8. Tekong
  9. tekoteko
  10. teks
  11. tekt

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Adapted from Wiktionary: teknonymy (page history and authors); teknonymy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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