కందిరీగ

Telugu

Etymology

Cognate with Malayalam കടന്നൽ (kaṭannal), Kannada ಕಣಜ (kaṇaja), Kui (India) କ୍ରାନ୍ଡି (kranḍi) and Kodava ಕಡಂದ್ (kaḍand) and Tamil கடந்தை (kaṭantai). Compare Sanskrit गन्धाली (gandhālī), a Dravidian borrowing. [1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kan̪d̪iɾiːɡa/, [kand̪iɾiːɡa]
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Noun

కందిరీగ • (kandirīga) ? (plural కందిరీగలు)

  1. hornet, large wasp.

References
  • Brown-1903, Gwynn (2022) “కందిరీగ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Telugu Dictionaries]
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