గడ్డ

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• IPA^(key): /ɡaɖːa/

గడ్డ • (gaḍḍa) n (plural గడ్డలు)

1. a lump, mass or clod
2. any bulbous root

   Synonym: దుంప (dumpa)

3. an island

   Synonyms: దీవి (dīvi), లంక (laṅka), ద్వీపము (dvīpamu)

4. (geography) a continent or part of the Earth

   Synonym: ఖండము (khaṇḍamu)

5. a bank, brink, edge

• గడ్డకట్టిన (gaḍḍakaṭṭina, “lumped, frozen”)
• మంచుగడ్డ (mañcugaḍḍa, “ice”)

• "గడ్డ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 353