గూడు

Telugu

Alternative forms

గూఁడు (gūn̆ḍu)

Etymology

From Proto-Dravidian *kūṭu (“nest”). Cognate with Tamil கூடு (kūṭu), Malayalam കൂടു (kūṭu), Kannada ಗೂಡು (gūḍu), Pengo ଗୂଡ (gūḍa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡuːɖu/

Noun

గూడు • (gūḍu) ? (plural గూళ్ళు)

nest
A niche in a wall for a light.

Derived terms

ఎముకల గూడు (emukala gūḍu)
గూడుకట్టు (gūḍukaṭṭu)
గూడుకానుపు (gūḍukānupu)
గూడుబండి (gūḍubaṇḍi)
పాచికగూడు (pācikagūḍu)
పిట్టగూడు (piṭṭagūḍu)

References

"గూడు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 383
Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 148.

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