కడలికూతురు

Telugu

Etymology

Compound of కడలి (kaḍali, “sea”) +‎ కూతురు (kūturu, “daughter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɖalikuːt̪uɾu/

Noun

కడలికూతురు • (kaḍalikūturu) f (plural కడలికూతుళ్ళు)

1. An epithet of Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of prosperity, said to have sprung from the ocean when it was churned by the gods and demons.

References

• "కడలి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 235