ప్రెగ్గడ
Telugu
Etymology
Compound of పేరు (pēru) + కడ (kaḍa). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾeɡːaɖa/
Noun
ప్రెగ్గడ • (preggaḍa) m or f by sense (plural ప్రెగ్గడలు)
- a minister
- a chief man
- Synonym: మేటి (mēṭi)
- an heir apparent to the throne
References
- "ప్రెగ్గడ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 854
- Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.