Telugu

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Etymology

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Ultimately borrowed from Classical Persian قیدی (qaydī). Cognate with Hindi क़ैदी (qaidī) and Tamil கைதி (kaiti).

Noun

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ఖైదీ (khaidī? (plural ఖైదీలు)

  1. prisoner
    ఖైదీ 1983లో విడుదలైన ఒక తెలుగు సినిమా.
    khaidī veyyi tom'midi vandala enabhai mūḍulō viḍudalaina oka telugu sinimā.
    Khaidi is a Telugu movie released in 1983.

References

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"కైదీ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 311