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మాడు

See also: మూడు

Telugu edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil மாட்டு (māṭṭu, “to kindle (as fire)”).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

మాడు • (māḍu) (causal మాడించు)

  1. to be burnt or scorched

Noun edit

మాడు • (māḍu) ? (plural మాళ్ళు)

  1. rice or any other food burnt in cooking
  2. The gable end of a house

References edit

  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 4801, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 426.
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