అంగడి
See also: అగడు
Telugu
Etymology
Compound of అమ్ము (ammu, “selling”) + కడ (kaḍa, “place”); possibly orginating from Proto-Dravidian (*am + *kaṭi). Cognate with Kannada ಅಂಗಡಿ (aṅgaḍi, “store, shop”), Tamil அங்காடி (aṅkāṭi, “market, bazaar”) and Malayalam അങ്ങാടി (aṅṅāṭi, “market”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aŋɡaɖi/
Noun
అంగడి • (aṅgaḍi) n (plural అంగళ్లు or అంగడ్లు)
- shop, market, stall
- Synonym: దుకాణము (dukāṇamu)
Derived terms
- అంగడికాడు (aṅgaḍikāḍu, “shopkeeper, businessman”)
- అంగడిబొమ్మ (aṅgaḍibomma, “prostitute”)
References
- "అంగడి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 4
- అంగడి at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
- L. Chakradhara Rao et al, editors (1978-1995), “అంగడి”, in తెలుగు వ్యుత్పత్తికోశం [Telugu Etymological Dictionary] (in Telugu), Visakhapatnam (Waltair): Andhra University Press and Publications