కూతురు

See also: కూఁతురు

Telugu

Alternative forms

కూఁతురు (kūn̆turu)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kūnttu. Cognate with Kannada ಕೂಸು (kūsu, “infant; maiden”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kuːt̪uɾu/

Noun

కూతురు • (kūturu) f (plural కూతుళ్ళు)

daughter; one's female child
ఉన్నది వక కూతురు, వూరెల్లా అల్లుండ్లు
unnadi vaka kūturu, vūrellā alluṇḍlu
He has but one daughter, but the whole village is (full of) sons-in-law.

Coordinate terms

కొడుకు (koḍuku, “son”)

Derived terms

సవతికూతురు (savatikūturu, “a stepdaughter”)
కడలికూతురు (kaḍalikūturu, “godess Lakshmi”)

References

"కూతురు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 303
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “ku·x”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 1873.

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