పడు

See also: పాడు, పేడి, and పైడి

Telugu

Etymology

Cognate with Tamil படு (paṭu), Malayalam പടുക (paṭuka).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paɖu/

Verb

పడు • (paḍu)

to fall (into)
ఆ గోడ పడిపోయినది.
ā gōḍa paḍipōyinadi.
The wall fell down.
to occur, happen, come into being, appear
to be got, be obtained, be received
to be liked, be agreeable, suit, agree with
to feel, enjoy, suffer
to be possible

Derived terms

అవమానపడు (avamānapaḍu, “to be disgraced”)
ఎదురుపడు (edurupaḍu, “to encounter, to come forward to meet”)
పడక (paḍaka, “bed”)
పడద్రోయు (paḍadrōyu, “to knock down”)
పడుండు (paḍuṇḍu, “to recline, to sleep”)
వేఱుపడు (vēṟupaḍu, “to become different, to differ, to separate”)

References

"పడు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 315
"పడు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 705
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “paṭu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 345.