మొదలు
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Telugu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Tamil முதல் (mutal), Malayalam മുതൽ (mutal), Kannada ಮೊದಲು (modalu). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]మొదలు • (modalu) n (plural మొదళ్ళు)
- beginning, origin, source
- Synonym: మూలము (mūlamu)
- root, stock
- (finance) principal (as opposed to interest)
- Synonym: మూలము (mūlamu)
Coordinate terms
[edit]- వడ్డి (vaḍḍi, “interest”)
Derived terms
[edit]- మొదటి (modaṭi, “first”)
References
[edit]- "మొదలు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1045