నాడు
Appearance
Telugu
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Proto-South Dravidian *nāṭu. Cognate with Kannada ನಾಡು (nāḍu), Malayalam നാട് (nāṭŭ), Tamil நாடு (nāṭu).
Noun
[edit]నాడు • (nāḍu) ? (plural నాళ్ళు)
- A land, a country, a district.
- తమిళనాడు
- tamiḷanāḍu
- Tamil Nadu
Derived terms
[edit]- తమిళనాడు (tamiḷanāḍu, “Tamil Nadu”)
- తూర్పునాడు (tūrpunāḍu, “the eastern district”)
- పలనాడు (palanāḍu)
- వేగినాడు (vēgināḍu, “the Vengi country”)
Etymology 2
[edit]Inherited from Old Telugu నాణ్డు (nāṇḍu), from Proto-Dravidian *ñĀnṯu. Cognate with Tamil ஞான்று (ñāṉṟu).
Alternative forms
[edit]- నాఁడు (nān̆ḍu)
Noun
[edit]నాడు • (nāḍu) ? (plural నాళ్ళు)
Derived terms
[edit]- ఆనాడు (ānāḍu, “that day”)
- ఈనాడు (īnāḍu, “this day”)
- తొలినాడు (tolināḍu, “the previous day”)
- మరునాడు (marunāḍu, “the next day”)
- మరుసటినాడు (marusaṭināḍu, “the next day”)
Declension
[edit]నాడు (nāḍu) is a Class C noun, meaning the stem changes to నాటి- (nāṭi-)
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Telugu Declension. Telugu nouns have six classes (A-F), each with their own way of declining the noun stem. Read more here, under "Oblique Stem Formation": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telugu_grammar#Nouns
The nominative case is simply the default, underlined form of the noun.
All Telugu nouns have the nominative plural ending of "-లు".
Case/Form | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Undeclined Form | Undeclined Form + Plural Ending |
Accusative | నాటిని (nāṭini) | నాటిలుని (nāṭiluni) |
Instrumental | నాటితో (nāṭitō) | నాటిలుతో (nāṭilutō) |
Locative | నాటిలో (nāṭilō) | నాటిలులో (nāṭilulō) |
Inessive (inside) | నాటిలోపల (nāṭilōpala) | నాటిలులోపల (nāṭilulōpala) |
Dative | నాటికి (nāṭiki) | నాటిలుకి (nāṭiluki) |
Genitive | నాటి (nāṭi) | నాటిలుల (nāṭilula) |
Oblique | నాటి (nāṭi) | నాటిలు (nāṭilu) |
References
[edit]- Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003) “Dravidians: prehistory and culture”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 8
- "నాడు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 642
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