ఆలుగడ్డ
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Urdu آلو (ālu, ālū, “potato”) + గడ్డ (gaḍḍa, “lump, bulbous root”).
Noun
[edit]ఆలుగడ్డ • (ālugaḍḍa) ? (plural ఆలుగడ్డలు)
- potato (chiefly Telangana)
- Synonyms: (chiefly Coastal Andhra, Rayalaseema) ఉర్లగడ్డ (urlagaḍḍa), (chiefly North Andhra) బంగాళాదుంప (baṅgāḷādumpa)
References
[edit]- "ఆలుగడ్డ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 125
- ఆలుగడ్డ at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
- L. Chakradhara Rao et al, editors (1978-1995), “ఆలు”, in తెలుగు వ్యుత్పత్తికోశం [Telugu Etymological Dictionary] (in Telugu), Visakhapatnam (Waltair): Andhra University Press and Publications
- Dr. A. Ramapati Rao, editor (1985), “ఆలుగడ్డ”, in మాండలిక పదకోశం [Dialectical Dictionary] (in Telugu), Hyderabad: Telugu Academy
- “ఆలుగడ్డ”, in ప్రాంతీయ మాండలిక పదకోశం [Regional Dialectical Dictionary] (in Telugu), Hyderabad: Telugu Academy, 2004