కానుక

See also: కనుక, కునుకు, and కనకం

Telugu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kāṇikkay.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaːnuka/

Noun

కానుక • (kānuka) n (plural కానుకలు)

  1. an offering or courtesy, made in homage to a superior or to a god
  2. a gift

References

  • "కానుక" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 271
  • Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003) “Dravidians: prehistory and culture”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 6
  • [1] in A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary by T. Burrow and M. B. Emeneau
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