குடாரி

Tamil

Alternative forms

• கோடாரி (kōṭāri), கோடாலி (kōṭāli)

Etymology

Cognate with Telugu గొడ్డలి (goḍḍali), Malayalam കോടാലി (kōṭāli), Kannada ಕೊಡಲಿ (koḍali), Tulu ಕುಡರಿ (kuḍari), Kuvi କ୍ଡ଼ଆଲି (kṛāli) and Sanskrit कुठार (kuṭhāra). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʊɖaːɾɪ/, [kʊɖaːɾi]

Noun

குடாரி • (kuṭāri)

1. axe

References

• Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “குடாரி”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia