చంద్రవంక

Telugu

Etymology

From Sanskrit चन्द्र (candra, “moon”) + Telugu వంక (vaṅka, “side, quarter; crookedness, bend”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -క

Noun

చంద్రవంక • (candravaṅka) ? (plural చంద్రవంకలు)

1. A half-moon, or crescent.
2. A kind of jewel worn on the head.

References

• Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 404