పక్క
Telugu
Alternative forms
ప్రక్క (prakka)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pakːa/
- Rhymes: -క్క
Etymology 1
From పడు (paḍu, “to fall”).
Noun
పక్క • (pakka) n (plural పక్కలు)
- A side, quarter or direction.
- 2021, Chandrabose (lyrics and music), “Eyy Bidda Idhi Naa Adda”, in Pushpa: The Rise, performed by Nakash Aziz:
- ఆ పక్క నాదే ఈ పక్క నాదే...
- ā pakka nādē ī pakka nādē...
- That side is mine, this side is mine...
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Derived terms
- పక్కయెముక (pakkayemuka, “rib”)
Etymology 2
Clipping of పడక (paḍaka, “bed”).
Further reading
- "పక్క" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 694
- పక్క at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
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