ದಿಂಬು
Kannada edit
Alternative forms edit
- ದಿಮ್ಬು (dimbu)
Etymology edit
Clipping of ತಲೆದಿಂಬು (taledimbu), rebracketing it as ತಲೆ (tale) + ದಿಂಬು (dimbu), from ತಲೆದ (taleda, “to the head”) + ಇಂಬು (imbu, “resting place”). ತಲೆದ (taleda) is likely a dialectal variant of the dative ತಲೆಗೆ (talege).
Noun edit
ದಿಂಬು • (dimbu)
- pillow, cushion.
- Synonym: ಮಲಗು (malagu)
Related terms edit
References edit
- Kittel, Ferdinand (1894) “ದಿಮ್ಬು”, in Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary, Madras: University of Madras, published 1968-1971, page 835