అడుగు
Telugu
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Dravidian *aṭ-V. Cognate with Kannada ಅಡಿ (aḍi), Malayalam അടി (aṭi), Tamil அடி (aṭi), Tulu ಅಡಿ (aḍi).
Noun
editఅడుగు • (aḍugu) ? (plural అడుగులు)
- foot
- Synonym: పాదము (pādamu)
- base
- foot (unit of measurement)
- step, pace
- అడుగుపెట్టు
- aḍugupeṭṭu
- to step in or enter
- 2017, “Paisa Vasool”, in Bhaskarabhatla (lyrics), Anup Rubens (music), Paisa Vasool, performed by Anurag Kulkarni, Daler Mehndi, and Uma Neha, Aditya Music:
- నే అడుగెడితే (ఓ ఓ ఓ) / షో మొదలెడితే (ఓ ఓ ఓ)
- nē aḍugeḍitē (ō ō ō) / ṣō modaleḍitē (ō ō ō)
- When I step in (oh-oh-oh) / The show starts (oh-oh-oh)
Etymology 2
editFrom Proto-Dravidian *aḷ or *aḍ. Cognate with Tamil அளவு (aḷavu, “inquire about one's health”).
Verb
editఅడుగు • (aḍugu) (causal అడిగించు)
- to ask
- to question
- Synonym: ప్రశ్నించు (praśniñcu)
- to beg
- Synonym: యాచించు (yāciñcu)
References
edit- "అడుగు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 37
- అడుగు at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
- L. Chakradhara Rao et al, editors (1978-1995), “అడుగు”, in తెలుగు వ్యుత్పత్తికోశం [Telugu Etymological Dictionary] (in Telugu), Visakhapatnam (Waltair): Andhra University Press and Publications
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “aḍugu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.