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Where does “అల్లంపాడు” come from?

అల్లంపాడు (Telugu) comes from Telugu పాడు, from Proto-Dravidian *pāṭV-.

Ancestry of “అల్లంపాడు”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TeluguపాడుA wreck, waste, ruin; village; to sing
2Proto-Dravidian*pāṭV-—
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