చంద్రవంక

Telugu

Etymology

From Sanskrit चन्द्र (candra, “moon”) + Telugu వంక (vaṅka, “side, quarter; crookedness, bend”).

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -క

Noun

చంద్రవంక • (candravaṅka) ? (plural చంద్రవంకలు)

A half-moon, or crescent.
A kind of jewel worn on the head.

References

"చంద్రవంక" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 404

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