మగ
Telugu edit
Alternative forms edit
- మొగ (moga)
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil மக (maka, “child, infant”), Kannada ಮಗ (maga, “son, male person”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
మగ • (maga)
Noun edit
Antonyms edit
- ఆడ (āḍa, “female”)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- "మగ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 946
- "మగ" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 404
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “maka”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 407.