మొదలు

Telugu

Etymology

Cognate with Malayalam മുതൽ (mutal), Tamil முதல் (mutal), Kannada ಮೊದಲು (modalu). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mod̪alu/

Noun

మొదలు • (modalu) n (plural మొదళ్ళు)

1. beginning, origin, source

   Synonym: మూలము (mūlamu)

2. root, stock

   Synonyms: వేరు (vēru), మూలము (mūlamu)

3. (finance) principal (as opposed to interest)

   Synonym: మూలము (mūlamu)

Coordinate terms

• వడ్డి (vaḍḍi, “interest”)

Derived terms

• మొదటి (modaṭi, “first”)

References

• "మొదలు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1045