ఖండము

Telugu

Alternative forms

ఖండం (khaṇḍaṁ)

Etymology

From Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa, “chip, piece, slice, bit, portion, fragment”) +‎ -ము (-mu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰaɳɖamu/

Noun

ఖండము • (khaṇḍamu) n (plural ఖండములు)

1. chip, piece, slice, bit, portion, fragment

   Synonyms: ముక్క (mukka), వ్రక్క (vrakka), తునక (tunaka), పలుకు (paluku), పరియ (pariya)

2. (geography) continent

   Synonym: గడ్డ (gaḍḍa)

Derived terms

• అఖండము (akhaṇḍamu, “undivided, whole”)
• ఖండనము (khaṇḍanamu, “division, breaking”)
• ఖండబిందువు (khaṇḍabinduvu, “half circle”)
• ఖండిత (khaṇḍita, “divided, decided”)

References

• "ఖండము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 342
• ఖండము at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)