మూల

• IPA^(key): /muːla/

Cognate with Kannada ಮೂಲೆ (mūle), Malayalam മൂല (mūla) Tamil மூலை (mūlai).(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

మూల • (mūla) n (plural మూలలు)

1. corner

   Synonym: కోణము (kōṇamu)

2. (geometry) angle

   Synonym: కోణము (kōṇamu)

3. a point of the compass, a quarter, or direction

   Synonyms: దిక్కు (dikku), దిశ (diśa)

4. the nineteenth of the lunar mansions

• ఆగ్నేయమూల (āgnēyamūla, “southeast direction”)
• ఈశాన్యమూల (īśānyamūla, “northeast direction”)
• నైఋతిమూల (nair̥timūla, “southwest direction”)
• వాయవ్యమూల (vāyavyamūla, “northwest direction”)

From Sanskrit मूल (mūla, “root, origin, beginning, base, foundation”).

మూల • (mūla)

1. chief, main, principal

• మూలకారణము (mūlakāraṇamu, “main reason”)
• మూలకేంద్రము (mūlakēndramu, “main centre”)
• మూలపురుషుడు (mūlapuruṣuḍu, “principal male, patriarch”)