Telugu edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-South Dravidian *nāṭu. Cognate with Kannada ನಾಡು (nāḍu), Malayalam നാട് (nāṭŭ), Tamil நாடு (nāṭu).

Noun edit

నాడు (nāḍu? (plural నాళ్ళు)

  1. A land, a country, a district.
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Old Telugu నాణ్డు (nāṇḍu), from Proto-Dravidian *ñĀnṯu. Cognate with Tamil ஞான்று (ñāṉṟu).

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

నాడు (nāḍu? (plural నాళ్ళు)

  1. A day
    Synonyms: దినము (dinamu), దివసము (divasamu), రోజు (rōju)
  2. A portion of time in history or characterized by particular events or circumstances.
Derived terms edit

Declension edit

నాడు (nāḍu) is a Class C noun, meaning the stem changes to నాటి- (nāṭi-)

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Telugu Declension. Telugu nouns have six classes (A-F), each with their own way of declining the noun stem. Read more here, under "Oblique Stem Formation": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telugu_grammar#Nouns


The nominative case is simply the default, underlined form of the noun.

All Telugu nouns have the nominative plural ending of "-లు".

Case/Form Singular Plural
Nominative Undeclined Form Undeclined Form + Plural Ending
Accusative నాటిని (nāṭini) నాటిలుని (nāṭiluni)
Instrumental నాటితో (nāṭitō) నాటిలుతో (nāṭilutō)
Locative నాటిలో (nāṭilō) నాటిలులో (nāṭilulō)
Inessive (inside) నాటిలోపల (nāṭilōpala) నాటిలులోపల (nāṭilulōpala)
Dative నాటికి (nāṭiki) నాటిలుకి (nāṭiluki)
Genitive నాటి (nāṭi) నాటిలుల (nāṭilula)
Oblique నాటి (nāṭi) నాటిలు (nāṭilu)

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