షడ్జము

Telugu

Alternative forms

షడ్జం (ṣaḍjaṁ)

Etymology

From Sanskrit षड्ज (ṣaḍja, “six-born”) +‎ -ము (-mu).

Noun

షడ్జము • (ṣaḍjamu) ? (plural షడ్జములు)

1. (music) A shrill musical tone like the peacock's cry. The first note (tenor) of Carnatic music represented by స (sa).

References

• "షట్" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1266