లేదు
Telugu edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
లేదు • (lēdu)
- no, none, (it's) not (not present, don't have, it doesn't exist).
- 1981, “Sapatu Yetu Ledu”, in Acharya Aatreya (lyrics), M. S. Viswanathan (music), Akali Rajyam, performed by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam:
- సాపాటు ఎటూ లేదు పాటైనా పాడు బ్రదర్
- sāpāṭu eṭū lēdu pāṭainā pāḍu bradar
- Sing this song brother, there's no food anyway
- 2016, “Kaalam Na Preyasi”, in Chandrabose (lyrics), A.R. Rahman (music), 24 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), performed by Benny Dayal, Sathyaprakash, Nivas, and Deepak, Eros Music:
- (ఏ) మాయ లేదు / (శక్తి) మంత్రాలే లేవు / (శిఖర) జాలం లేదు / (రా) తంత్రాలే లేవు
- (ē) māya lēdu / (śakti) mantrālē lēvu / (śikhara) jālaṁ lēdu / (rā) tantrālē lēvu
- (Hey...) It's not an illusion / (Power) Nor it is magic / (Peaking) Ain't deceit / (Coming) No machination either
See also edit
- కాదు (kādu, “untrue, not so”)
Noun edit
లేదు • (lēdu) ? (plural లేదులు)
References edit
- "లే" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1114
- లేదు at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)