మెదడు

Telugu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *metVẓ (“brain”). Cognate with Tamil மிதழ் (mitaḻ), Kannada ಮೆದುಳು (meduḷu). Compare Marathi मेंदू (mendū).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /med̪aɖu/

Noun

మెదడు • (medaḍu) ? (plural మెదళ్ళు)

1. (neuroanatomy) brain

Derived terms

• చిన్నమెదడు (cinnamedaḍu, “cerebellum”)
• పెద్దమెదడు (peddamedaḍu, “cerebrum”)

 

References

• "మెదడు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1022