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Telugu
Etymology
Inherited from Old Telugu కొన్ఱ (konṟa), from Proto-Dravidian *kunṯ-. Cognate with Tamil குன்று (kuṉṟu) and Malayalam കുന്ന് (kunnŭ).
Pronunciation
Noun
కొండ • (koṇḍa) n (plural కొండలు)
- hill, hillock, rock
- Synonyms: గుట్ట (guṭṭa), గుబ్బలి (gubbali)
- mountain
- Synonyms: మల (mala), పర్వతము (parvatamu)
Derived terms
Descendants
Proper noun
కొండ • (koṇḍa) ?
- a Dravidian language spoken by hill tribes of Andhra Pradesh in India
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:కొండ.
References
- ^ Budaraju Radhakrishna (1971) “కొండ”, in Early Telugu Inscriptions (up to 1100 A.D.) with Texts, Glossary & Brief Linguistic History., Kalabhavan, Saifabad, Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi.