కాపాడు

Telugu

Etymology

Compound of కాపు (kāpu, “keeping, protection”) +‎ ఆడు (āḍu, “to do, practise, perform”). Cognate with Kannada ಕಾಪಾಡು (kāpāḍu), Tamil காப்பாற்று (kāppāṟṟu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːpaːɖu/

Verb

కాపాడు • (kāpāḍu)

1. To protect, save, guard, defend.

   Synonyms: కాచు (kācu), రక్షించు (rakṣiñcu)

References

• "కాపాడు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 271