కాడు

See also: -కాడు, కీడు, and కోడి

Telugu

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kā, *kān. Cognate with Tamil காடு (kāṭu), Kannada ಕಾಡು (kāḍu), Malayalam കാട് (kāṭŭ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaːɖu/

Noun

కాడు • (kāḍu) n (genitive కాటి)

A forest, a wilderness.
Synonyms: అడవి (aḍavi), కాన (kāna), కాననము (kānanamu), చేను (cēnu), అరణ్యము (araṇyamu), వనము (vanamu), పొలము (polamu)
A funeral pile; a burying ground, or burning ground.

References

"కాడు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 269

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