కోడి

See also: కొడి, కూడు, and కోడె

Telugu

కోడిపుంజు and కోడిపెట్టలు.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kōẓi, with a proposed intermediate reconstruction of *kōṯ-u in South Central Dravidian/South Dravidian II. Cognate with Kannada ಕೋಳಿ (kōḷi), Tamil கோழி (kōḻi), Tulu ಕೋಳಿ (kōḷi), Malayalam കോഴി (kōḻi).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koːɖi/

Noun

కోడి • (kōḍi) ? (plural కోళ్ళు)

A fowl, a bird.
chicken

Derived terms

అడవికోడి (aḍavikōḍi, “junglefowl”)
ఒంటెకోడి (oṇṭekōḍi, “ostrich”)
కోడికునుకు (kōḍikunuku, “half sleep”)
కోడిపిల్ల (kōḍipilla, “chicken”)
కోడిపుంజు (kōḍipuñju, “cock”)
కోడిపెట్ట (kōḍipeṭṭa, “hen”)
కోడిమాంసం (kōḍimāṁsaṁ, “chicken”)
గిన్నికోడి (ginnikōḍi, “guinea fowl”)

Proper noun

కోడి • (kōḍi) ?

a surname

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:కోడి.

References

"కోడి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 326
కోడి at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 13.

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