మొదలు

Telugu

Etymology

Cognate with Malayalam മുതൽ (mutal), Tamil முதல் (mutal), Kannada ಮೊದಲು (modalu). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mod̪alu/

Noun

మొదలు • (modalu) n (plural మొదళ్ళు)

beginning, origin, source
Synonym: మూలము (mūlamu)
root, stock
Synonyms: వేరు (vēru), మూలము (mūlamu)
(finance) principal (as opposed to interest)
Synonym: మూలము (mūlamu)

Coordinate terms

వడ్డి (vaḍḍi, “interest”)

Derived terms

మొదటి (modaṭi, “first”)

References

"మొదలు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1045

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