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గడ్డ (gaḍḍa) + కట్టు (kaṭṭu). Compare Kannada ಹೆಪ್ಪುಗಟ್ಟು (heppugaṭṭu).
గడ్డకట్టు • (gaḍḍakaṭṭu)
- to solidify
- (of blood) to clot
- to freeze, be frozen stiff
- Brown-1903, Gwynn-1991 (2022) “గడ్డకట్టు”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Telugu Dictionaries]