కాపు
Telugu
Etymology
From కాచు (kācu, “to keep, protect, guard, defend”). Cognate with Kannada ಕಾಪು (kāpu).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaːpu/
Noun
కాపు • (kāpu) n (singular only)
- (uncountable) keeping, protection, attendance, guard, defence.
- Synonyms: రక్షణ (rakṣaṇa), సంరక్షణ (saṁrakṣaṇa)
Derived terms
- కాపరి (kāpari, “keeper, protector”)
- కాపాడు (kāpāḍu, “to save, protect, guard, defend”)
References
- "కాపు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 271