చేదు

See also: చెద

Telugu

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕeːd̪u/, [t͡ʃeːd̪u]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with కసు (kasu, “raw, unripe”), Tamil கய (kaya​, “to be bitter; to abhor”), Kannada ಕಯ್ (kay, “bitterness”).[1]

Alternative forms

Noun

చేదు • (cēdu) ? (plural చేదులు)

  1. bitter, bitterness
Synonyms

Adjective

చేదు • (cēdu)

  1. bitter
    చేదు నారింజ ― cēdu nāriñja ― bitter orange

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil சேந்து (cēntu, “to draw (as a rope)”), Kannada ಸೇದು (sēdu, “to draw up (water from a well)”).[2]

Verb

చేదు • (cēdu)

  1. to draw up (as a bucket) hand over hand
Synonyms

See also

References
  1. Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “kaya”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 116.
  2. Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “cēntu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 244.
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