Dravidian etymology : List with all references

Proto-South Dravidian : *nāḍ-

Meaning : country, village

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : nāṭu (obl. and adj. nāṭṭu-)

Tamil meaning : country, district, province, locality, situation, earth, land, world, kingdom, state, rural tracts (opposite to nakaram), open place, side, agricultural tract

Tamil derivates : nāṭan_ inhabitant, countryman, ruler, lord of a country; nāṭi woman of a country, queen of a country; nāṭavar countrymen, people of the country; nāṭṭam chiefship of a district; nāṭṭār people of a country; nāṭṭān_ inhabitant of a country

Malayalam : nāṭu

Malayalam meaning : cultivated land (opposite to kāṭu), the country (opposite to town), kingdom, province, smaller district

Malayalam derivates : nāṭṭār the people

Kannada : nāḍu

Kannada meaning : (cultivated, planted) country (in opposition to kāḍu), province, district, country (in opposition to the town)

Kannada derivates : nāḍāḍi countryman, rustic, an ordinary common person; nāḍiga village superintendent in the service of a smārta guru

Kodagu : nāḍɨ

Kodagu meaning : district

Tulu : nāḍu, nāḍụ

Tulu meaning : district, village

Tulu derivates : nāḍige one of the cultivating classes in northern part of Canara

Proto-Nilgiri : *nāḍ-

Number in DED : 3638

Nilgiri etymology :

Proto-Nilgiri : *nāḍ-

Meaning : country; sacred place

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : nāṛ (obl. nāṭ-) "country, settled area (opposite to jungle), place where dead go"

Toda : nōṛ (obl. nōṭ-) "sacred place, dairy complex which is a god"

Number in DED : 3638

Telugu etymology :

Proto-Telugu : *nāḍ-

Meaning : a country

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : nāḍu

Dialectal forms (1) : nāḍika

Inscriptional Telugu : nāṇḍu

Number in DED : 3638

Gondwan etymology :

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *nād_-

Meaning : village

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Proto-Gondi : *nāR

Konda : nār_u (obl. nāṭ-, pl. nāRku)

Proto-Pengo-Manda : *nāz (obl. *nāṭ-)

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *nāj-u (pl. *nāska)

Gondi etymology :

Proto-Gondi : *nāR

Meaning : village

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : nār (obl. nāṭ-, pl. nāhk)

Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : nār (obl. nāṭ-, pl. nāhk)

Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : nār (obl. nāṭ-, pl. nāhk)

Muria Gondi : nār (obl. nāṭ-, pl. nāhk)

Maria Gondi : nār̨ (obl. nāṭ-, pl. nāh_ku)

Maria Gondi (Smith) : nagoo

Adilabad Gondi : nār (obl. nāṭ-, pl. nāhk)

Number in DED : 3638

Number in CVOTGD : 1964

Konda etymology :

Konda : nār_u (obl. nāṭ-, pl. nāRku)

Meaning: village

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Additional forms : Also Konda nāṭan villager

Number in DED : 3638

Pengo-Manda etymology :

Proto-Pengo-Manda : *nāz (obl. *nāṭ-)

Meaning : village

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Pengo : nāz/nās (obl. nāṭ-, pl. nāsku)

Manda : nāy (obl. nāṭ-)

Additional Forms : Also Pengo nāṭakan villager

Number in DED : 3638

Kui-Kuwi etymology :

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *nāj-u (pl. *nāska)

Meaning : village

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : nāju (pl. nāska) "village, town, hamlet"

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : naiyū (pl. nāska)

Kuwi (Schulze) : nāyu

Sunkarametta Kuwi : nāyu (pl. nāska)

Kuwi (Israel) : nāyu (pl. nāska)

Additional forms : Also Kui nāṭo village as contrasted with the fields or forest, home; nḍo at, in, at the place of, in the country of; nāṭoki towards home, to the village

Notes : The forms with -ṭ- are derived from the former oblique base *nāṭ- (cf. other CDR languages).

Number in DED : 3638

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *nadV

Meaning: group, village

Kartvelian: *nad-

Dravidian: *nāḍ-

References: ND 1531 *NAdV '(the whole) clan' ( + Arab.).

Kartvelian etymology :

Proto-Kartvelian: *nad-

Nostratic: Nostratic

Russian meaning: помощь миром (в сельском хоз-ве)

English meaning: common aid (in agriculture)

Georgian: nad-

Megrel: nod-

Svan: nad, ned

Laz: nod-er-

Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 145, EWK 260. Повидимому < сем. (ср. араб. nād 'объединение, собрание').