సుడి
Appearance
See also: సోడా
Telugu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate to Tamil சுழி (cuḻi), Kannada ಸುಳಿ (suḷi), and Malayalam ചുഴി (cuḻi).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]సుడి • (suḍi) n (plural సుళ్ళు)
- whirl
- whirlpool
- circlet
- a whorl, curl, or twist in the hair
- (by extension, colloquial) luck, fate, fortune (as indicated by the whorl on the head)
Derived terms
[edit]- సుడిగాలి (suḍigāli, “whirlwind, tornado”)
References
[edit]- "సుడి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1346