"కాడు" meaning in Telugu

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Noun

IPA: /kaːɖu/ Forms: kāḍu [romanization], కాటి [genitive]
Etymology: Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kā, *kān. Cognate with Tamil காடு (kāṭu), Kannada ಕಾಡು (kāḍu), Malayalam കാട് (kāṭŭ). Etymology templates: {{der|te|dra-pro|*kā}} Proto-Dravidian *kā, {{cog|ta|காடு}} Tamil காடு (kāṭu), {{cog|kn|ಕಾಡು}} Kannada ಕಾಡು (kāḍu), {{cog|ml|കാട്}} Malayalam കാട് (kāṭŭ) Head templates: {{head|te|noun|genitive|కాటి|g=n}} కాడు • (kāḍu) n (genitive కాటి)
  1. a forest, a wilderness Synonyms: అడవి, కాన, కాననము, చేను, అరణ్యము, వనము, పొలము
    Sense id: en-కాడు-te-noun-6TwY1yGW Categories (other): Forests Disambiguation of Forests: 48 52
  2. a funeral pile; a burying ground, or burning ground
    Sense id: en-కాడు-te-noun-icgUp3YZ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Telugu entries with incorrect language header, Forests Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Telugu entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of Forests: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: కాటిఱేడు (kāṭiṟēḍu) (english: Lord Shiva)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Lord Shiva",
      "roman": "kāṭiṟēḍu",
      "word": "కాటిఱేడు"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "te",
        "2": "dra-pro",
        "3": "*kā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Dravidian *kā",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "காடு"
      },
      "expansion": "Tamil காடு (kāṭu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kn",
        "2": "ಕಾಡು"
      },
      "expansion": "Kannada ಕಾಡು (kāḍu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ml",
        "2": "കാട്"
      },
      "expansion": "Malayalam കാട് (kāṭŭ)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kā, *kān. Cognate with Tamil காடு (kāṭu), Kannada ಕಾಡು (kāḍu), Malayalam കാട് (kāṭŭ).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kāḍu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "కాటి",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "te",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "కాటి",
        "g": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "కాడు • (kāḍu) n (genitive కాటి)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Telugu",
  "lang_code": "te",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "te",
          "name": "Forests",
          "orig": "te:Forests",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a forest, a wilderness"
      ],
      "id": "en-కాడు-te-noun-6TwY1yGW",
      "links": [
        [
          "forest",
          "forest"
        ],
        [
          "wilderness",
          "wilderness"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "అడవి"
        },
        {
          "word": "కాన"
        },
        {
          "word": "కాననము"
        },
        {
          "word": "చేను"
        },
        {
          "word": "అరణ్యము"
        },
        {
          "word": "వనము"
        },
        {
          "word": "పొలము"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 73",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Telugu entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "te",
          "name": "Forests",
          "orig": "te:Forests",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a funeral pile; a burying ground, or burning ground"
      ],
      "id": "en-కాడు-te-noun-icgUp3YZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "burying ground",
          "burying ground"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːɖu/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "కాడు"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Telugu entries with incorrect language header",
    "Telugu lemmas",
    "Telugu neuter nouns",
    "Telugu nouns",
    "Telugu terms derived from Proto-Dravidian",
    "Telugu terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "te:Forests"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "Lord Shiva",
      "roman": "kāṭiṟēḍu",
      "word": "కాటిఱేడు"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "te",
        "2": "dra-pro",
        "3": "*kā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Dravidian *kā",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "காடு"
      },
      "expansion": "Tamil காடு (kāṭu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kn",
        "2": "ಕಾಡು"
      },
      "expansion": "Kannada ಕಾಡು (kāḍu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ml",
        "2": "കാട്"
      },
      "expansion": "Malayalam കാട് (kāṭŭ)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kā, *kān. Cognate with Tamil காடு (kāṭu), Kannada ಕಾಡು (kāḍu), Malayalam കാട് (kāṭŭ).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kāḍu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "కాటి",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "te",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "కాటి",
        "g": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "కాడు • (kāḍu) n (genitive కాటి)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Telugu",
  "lang_code": "te",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a forest, a wilderness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "forest",
          "forest"
        ],
        [
          "wilderness",
          "wilderness"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "అడవి"
        },
        {
          "word": "కాన"
        },
        {
          "word": "కాననము"
        },
        {
          "word": "చేను"
        },
        {
          "word": "అరణ్యము"
        },
        {
          "word": "వనము"
        },
        {
          "word": "పొలము"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a funeral pile; a burying ground, or burning ground"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "burying ground",
          "burying ground"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːɖu/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "కాడు"
}

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