కొడుకు
Appearance
See also: కూడిక
Telugu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kōẓ- or *kōẓ-V- (“young, tender”). Also related to కోడలు (kōḍalu, “daughter-in-law”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]కొడుకు • (koḍuku) m (plural కొడుకులు)
Coordinate terms
[edit]- కూతురు (kūturu, “daughter”)
Derived terms
[edit]- పెండ్లికొడుకు (peṇḍlikoḍuku, “bridegroom”)
- సవతికొడుకు (savatikoḍuku, “stepson”)
References
[edit]- "కొడుకు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 317
- కొడుకు at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
- Budaraju Radhakrishna (1971) “కొడుకు”, in Early Telugu Inscriptions (up to 1100 A.D.) with Texts, Glossary & Brief Linguistic History., Kalabhavan, Saifabad, Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi, page 283.