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Where does “కాపాడు” come from?

కాపాడు (Telugu) comes from Telugu కాపు, from Telugu కాచు, from Telugu కాయ, from Proto-Dravidian kāy — fruit.

కాపాడు (Telugu): to protect, save, guard, defend

Definitions

  1. to protect, save, guard, defend

Ancestry of “కాపాడు”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguకాపు—
2Teluguకాచు—
3Teluguకాయunripe fruit; Anything round, as the head
4Proto-Dravidiankāyfruit
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