కలను

Telugu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kaḷam (“battlefield”).

Noun

కలను • (kalanu) n (plural కలనులు)

1. war, battle, combat

References

• Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003) “Dravidians: prehistory and culture”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 8
• [1] in A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary by T. Burrow and M. B. Emeneau