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Telugu
Etymology 1
Noun senses arising from customs of monks and widows shaving their heads. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Adjective
బోడి • (bōḍi)
- Alternative form of బోడ (bōḍa, “bald, bare”)
Noun
బోడి • (bōḍi) n (plural బోళ్ళు)
- A monk.
- Synonym: సన్యాసి (sanyāsi)
- (South Africa) A widow.
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
బోడి • (bōḍi) f (plural బోళ్ళు)
- Alternative form of బోటి (bōṭi)
References
- "బోడి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 915
- బోడి at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
- Prabhakaran, Varijakshi (1997 January 1) “Social stratification in South African Telugu (Ste) - a sociolinguistic case study”, in Alternation, volume 4, number 2, page 180