కాడు

See also: -కాడు, కీడు, and కోడి

Telugu

Etymology

• Cognate with Kannada ಕಾಡು (kāḍu, “forest”), Malayalam കാട് (kāṭŭ), Tamil காடு (kāṭu).

Noun

కాడు • (kāḍu) (కాటి)

1. A funeral pile; a burying ground, or burning ground.
2. A forest, a wilderness.

References

• "కాడు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 269