ఱేడు
Appearance
Telugu
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *et̠ayant̠u. Cognate with Tamil இறைவன் (iṟaivaṉ) and Kannada ಎರೆ (ere).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ఱేడు • (ṟēḍu) m (plural ఱేళ్ళు)
Derived terms
[edit]- ఏటిఱేడు (ēṭiṟēḍu, “the ocean”)
- కడలిఱేడు (kaḍaliṟēḍu, “Lord Varuna”)
- కాటిఱేడు (kāṭiṟēḍu, “Lord Shiva”)
- కొండఱేడు (koṇḍaṟēḍu, “Lord Himavat”)
- చిలువలఱేడు (ciluvalaṟēḍu, “king of serpents”)
- నేలఱేడు (nēlaṟēḍu, “king, sovereign”)
- మన్నుఱేడు (mannuṟēḍu, “king, sovereign”)
- రేఱేడు (rēṟēḍu, “the Moon”)
- వెన్నెలఱేడు (vennelaṟēḍu, “the Moon”)
References
[edit]- "రేడు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1093
- ఱేడు at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
- Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003) “Dravidians: prehistory and culture”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 7
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “iṟai”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 52.