ದಿಂಬು

Kannada

Alternative forms

• ದಿಮ್ಬು (dimbu)

Etymology

Clipping of ತಲೆದಿಂಬು (taledimbu), rebracketing it as ತಲೆ (tale) + ದಿಂಬು (dimbu), from ತಲೆದ (taleda, “to the head”) + ಇಂಬು (imbu, “resting place”). ತಲೆದ (taleda) is likely a dialectal variant of the dative ತಲೆಗೆ (talege).

Noun

ದಿಂಬು • (dimbu)

1. pillow, cushion.

   Synonym: ಮಲಗು (malagu)

Related terms

• ತಲೆದಿಂಬು (taledimbu)
• ತಲೆಗಿಂಬು (talegimbu)

References

• Kittel, Ferdinand (1894) “ದಿಮ್ಬು”, in Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary, Madras: University of Madras, published 1968-1971, page 835