మొక్కజొన్న

Telugu

Zea mays (maize)

Etymology

Compound of మొక్క (mokka, “stub, bluntness”) +‎ జొన్న (jonna, “millet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mokːad͡ʑonːa/, [mokːad͡ʒonːa]

Noun

మొక్కజొన్న • (mokkajonna) n (plural మొక్కజొన్నలు)

1. Maize, a type of grain of the species Zea mays.

References

• "జొన్న" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 484
• "మొక్క" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1034