వేడుక

See also: వాడుక

Telugu

Alternative forms

• వేడ్క (vēḍka)

Etymology

Related to వేడు (vēḍu, “to pray, desire”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋeːɖuka/

Noun

వేడుక • (vēḍuka) ? (plural వేడుకలు)

1. a spectacle, display, show, pomp, feast, festival, ceremony
2. curiosity, interest, joy, glee, delight

References

• "వేడుక" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 501
• "వేడుక" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1227
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “vēṇṭu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 504.