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Where does “కుయుక్తి” come from?

కుయుక్తి (Telugu) comes from Telugu యుక్తి, from Sanskrit युक्ति, from Sanskrit युज्, from Proto-Indo-European yewg- — to join, to yoke, to tie together.

కుయుక్తి (Telugu): Fraud, an evil device

Definitions

  1. Fraud, an evil device

Ancestry of “కుయుక్తి”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguయుక్తిartifice, trick, contrivance, device, expedient,...
2Sanskritयुक्ति—
3Sanskritयुज्a yoke-fellow , companion , comrade , associate;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyewg-to join, to yoke, to tie together
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