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Telugu
Etymology
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Cognate with Tamil பொடி (poṭi, “to be broken to pieces (as rice), become pulverized; powder”), Kannada ಪುಡಿ (puḍi), Tulu ಪುಡಿ (puḍi), and Malayalam പൊടി (poṭi).
Pronunciation
Noun
పొడి • (poḍi) ? (plural పొళ్ళు)
- powder; the fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding or grinding
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పొడి • (poḍi)
- free from moisture - dry
- powdered
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References
- "పొడి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 810
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “poṭi”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 396.