మొక్కజొన్న

Telugu

Zea mays (maize)

Etymology

Compound of మొక్క (mokka, “stub, bluntness”) +‎ జొన్న (jonna, “millet”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mokːad͡ʑon̪n̪a/, [mokːad͡ʒon̪n̪a]

Noun

మొక్కజొన్న • (mokkajonna) n (plural మొక్కజొన్నలు)

Maize, a type of grain of the species Zea mays.

References

"జొన్న" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 484
"మొక్క" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1034

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