నాడు
Telugu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naːɖu/
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-South Dravidian *nāṭu. Cognate with Kannada ನಾಡು (nāḍu), Malayalam നാട് (nāṭŭ), Tamil நாடு (nāṭu).
Derived terms
- తమిళనాడు (tamiḷanāḍu, “Tamil Nadu”)
- తూర్పునాడు (tūrpunāḍu, “the eastern district”)
- పలనాడు (palanāḍu)
- వేగినాడు (vēgināḍu, “the Vengi country”)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old Telugu నాణ్డు (nāṇḍu), from Proto-Dravidian *ñĀnṯu. Cognate with Tamil ஞான்று (ñāṉṟu).
Alternative forms
- నాఁడు (nān̆ḍu)
Noun
నాడు • (nāḍu) ? (plural నాళ్ళు)
Derived terms
- ఆనాడు (ānāḍu, “that day”)
- ఈనాడు (īnāḍu, “this day”)
Declension
నాడు (nāḍu) is a Class C noun, meaning the stem changes to నాటి- (nāṭi-)
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Telugu Declension. Telugu nouns have six classes (A-F), each with their own way of declining the noun stem. Read more here, under "Oblique Stem Formation": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telugu_grammar#Nouns
The nominative case is simply the default, underlined form of the noun.
All Telugu nouns have the nominative plural ending of "-లు".
| Case/Form | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Undeclined Form | Undeclined Form + Plural Ending |
| Accusative | నాటిని (nāṭini) | నాటిలుని (nāṭiluni) |
| Instrumental | నాటితో (nāṭitō) | నాటిలుతో (nāṭilutō) |
| Locative | నాటిలో (nāṭilō) | నాటిలులో (nāṭilulō) |
| Inessive (inside) | నాటిలోపల (nāṭilōpala) | నాటిలులోపల (nāṭilulōpala) |
| Dative | నాటికి (nāṭiki) | నాటిలుకి (nāṭiluki) |
| Genitive | నాటి (nāṭi) | నాటిలుల (nāṭilula) |
| Oblique | నాటి (nāṭi) | నాటిలు (nāṭilu) |
References
- Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003) “Dravidians: prehistory and culture”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 8
- "నాడు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 642
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