మేడ

Cognate with Tamil மேடை (mēṭai).

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• IPA^(key): /meːɖa/

మేడ • (mēḍa) n (plural మేడలు)

1. a mansion or large house

   Synonym: సౌధము (saudhamu)

   అది ఒక ఏడంతస్తుల మేడ.

   adi oka ēḍantastula mēḍa.

   That is a seven-storied building.

2. an upper chamber

   Synonyms: మాడుగు (māḍugu), మేలుమిద్దె (mēlumidde)

3. a storey

   Synonym: అంతస్తు (antastu)

• పేకమేడ (pēkamēḍa, “house of cards”)

• "మేడ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1034
• మేడ at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)