మొదలు
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Telugu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Cognate with Malayalam മുതൽ (mutal), Tamil முதல் (mutal), Kannada ಮೊದಲು (modalu). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
మొదలు • (modalu) n (plural మొదళ్ళు)
- beginning, origin, source
- Synonym: మూలము (mūlamu)
- root, stock
- (finance) principal (as opposed to interest)
- Synonym: మూలము (mūlamu)
Coordinate terms[edit]
- వడ్డి (vaḍḍi, “interest”)
Derived terms[edit]
- మొదటి (modaṭi, “first”)
References[edit]
- "మొదలు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1045