ప్రొద్దు
Telugu
Alternative forms
- పొద్దు (poddu)
Etymology
From Proto-Dravidian *poẓ-tu (“sun; time”). Cognate with Tamil பொழுது (poḻutu), போழ்து (pōḻtu, “time”), Kannada ಹೊತ್ತು (hottu, “time”), Gondi [script needed] (poṛd, “sun, hour”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾod̪ːu/
Noun
ప్రొద్దు • (proddu) n (plural ప్రొద్దులు)
Derived terms
- ప్రొద్దుతిరుగుడు (proddutiruguḍu, “sunflower”)
- ప్రొద్దుతిరుగుడు పువ్వు (proddutiruguḍu puvvu, “sunflower”)
References
- "ప్రొద్దు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 856
- ప్రొద్దు at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
- Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “proddu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 403.
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