Meanings
- Indiauncountablea regional dialect or accent of Telugu.
Many have already described Palasa 1978 as the first ever Srikakulam based Telugu feature, with its yaasa, folk songs, places etc.
2020 March 15, “Dalitality in Palasa 1978: What Telugu Cinema Waited a Century to Say”, in The Citizen, archived from the original on 03 Dec 20202 more examples
It’s official! Telangana yaasa, which was for long oppressed and ridiculed, finally gets it due with the mainstream print, radio and TV using it to connect with its readers and audience.
2016 February 20, “Auv Malla! Telangana Dialect Triumphs Finally”, in The New Indian ExpressThe actor, who took six months of prep to master the rural Telangana dialect of the 80s for Dorasaani, had to quickly unlearn the same and pick up the 'Guntur yaasa'.
2019 October 12, “Anand picks up Guntur slang to play a middle class Andhra abbayi next”, in Times of India
Origin
- Teluguయాస
- Englishyaasa
Borrowed from Telugu యాస (yāsa).
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Cite this entry
yaasa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yaasa
“yaasa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yaasa. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yaasa,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yaasa.
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