మొదలు

Cognate with Tamil முதல் (mutal), Malayalam മുതൽ (mutal), Kannada ಮೊದಲು (modalu). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /mod̪alu/

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మొదలు • (modalu) n (plural మొదళ్ళు)

1. beginning, origin, source

   Synonym: మూలము (mūlamu)

2. root, stock

   Synonyms: వేరు (vēru), మూలము (mūlamu)

3. (finance) principal (as opposed to interest)

   Synonym: మూలము (mūlamu)

• వడ్డి (vaḍḍi, “interest”)

• మొదటి (modaṭi, “first”)

• "మొదలు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1045