మాట్లాడు

See also: మాటలాడు

Telugu

Etymology

From మాట (māṭa, “word”) +‎ ల్ (l, “sandhi-induced infix”) +‎ ఆడు (āḍu, “to play, speak”). Cognate with Kannada ಮಾತನಾಡು (mātanāḍu).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maːʈlaːɖu/

Verb

మాట్లాడు • (māṭlāḍu)

to speak, talk
Synonym: మాటలాడు (māṭalāḍu)

References

"మాట్లాడు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 417
"మాట్లాడు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 976
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 429, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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