మొదలు

Telugu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mod̪alu/

Etymology

Cognate with Malayalam മുതൽ (mutal), Tamil முதல் (mutal), Kannada ಮೊದಲು (modalu).

Noun

మొదలు • (modalu) n (plural మొదళ్ళు)

beginning, origin, source
Synonym: మూలము (mūlamu)
root, stock
Synonyms: వేరు (vēru), మూలము (mūlamu)
(finance) principal (as opposed to interest)
Synonym: మూలము (mūlamu)

Derived terms

మొదటి (modaṭi, “first”)

References

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

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