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Telugu
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Related to Kannada ಹಾಡು (hāḍu), Malayalam പാടുക (pāṭuka), Tamil பாடு (pāṭu, “to sing”).[1]
Verb
పాడు • (pāḍu)
- to sing
నేను చాలా పాటలు పాడాను.- nēnu cālā pāṭalu pāḍānu.
- I sang many songs.
ఎందరో గాయకులు అన్నమాచార్య కీర్తనలను పాడారు.- endarō gāyakulu annamācārya kīrtanalanu pāḍāru.
- Many singers sang the lyrics written by Annamacarya.
Conjugation
Etymology 2
Related to Tamil பாடி (pāṭi, “town, city”), Kannada ಪಾಡಿ (pāḍi, “settlement, hamlet”).[2]
Noun
పాడు • (pāḍu) ? (plural పాళ్ళు)
- a wreck, waste, ruin
- village (at the end of the names of places)
Verb
పాడు • (pāḍu)
- to spoil
- to waste, ruin, throw away
- to become waste or desolate
Derived terms
References
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “4065”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 361.
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “4064”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 361.