పడు

See also: పాడు, పేడి, and పైడి

Telugu

Etymology

Cognate with Tamil படு (paṭu), Malayalam പെടുക (peṭuka). False cognate of Hindi पड़ना (paṛnā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɖu/

Verb

పడు • (paḍu)

1. to fall (into)

   ఆ గోడ పడిపోయినది.

   ā gōḍa paḍipōyinadi.

   The wall fell down.

2. to occur, happen, come into being, appear
3. to be got, be obtained, be received
4. to be liked, be agreeable, suit, agree with
5. to feel, enjoy, suffer
6. to be possible

Derived terms

• అవమానపడు (avamānapaḍu, “to be disgraced”)
• ఎదురుపడు (edurupaḍu, “to encounter, to come forward to meet”)
• పడక (paḍaka, “bed”)
• పడద్రోయు (paḍadrōyu, “to knock down”)
• పడుండు (paḍuṇḍu, “to recline, to sleep”)
• వేఱుపడు (vēṟupaḍu, “to become different, to differ, to separate”)

References

• "పడు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 315
• "పడు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 705
• Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “paṭu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 345.