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Telugu
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kōẓ- or *kōẓ-V- (“young, tender”). Also related to కోడలు (kōḍalu, “daughter-in-law”).
Pronunciation
Noun
కొడుకు • (koḍuku) m (plural కొడుకులు)
- son
- Synonyms: కొడుకడు (koḍukaḍu), నందనుడు (nandanuḍu), పుత్రుడు (putruḍu), కుమారుడు (kumāruḍu)
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References
- "కొడుకు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 317
- కొడుకు at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
- Budaraju Radhakrishna (1971) “కొడుకు”, in Early Telugu Inscriptions (up to 1100 A.D.) with Texts, Glossary & Brief Linguistic History., Kalabhavan, Saifabad, Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi, page 283.