Proto-South Dravidian : *nāḍ-
Meaning : country, village
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
Number in DED : 3638
