కాడు
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Telugu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kā, *kān. Cognate with Tamil காடு (kāṭu), Kannada ಕಾಡು (kāḍu), Malayalam കാട് (kāṭŭ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]కాడు • (kāḍu) n (genitive కాటి)
- A forest, a wilderness.
- A funeral pile; a burying ground, or burning ground.
References
[edit]- "కాడు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 269