షడ్జము

Telugu

Alternative forms

షడ్జం (ṣaḍjaṃ)

Etymology

From Sanskrit षड्ज (ṣaḍja, “six-born”) +‎ -ము (-mu)

Noun

షడ్జము • (ṣaḍjamu) ? (plural షడ్జములు)

  1. (music) A shrill musical tone like the peacock's cry. The first note (tenor) of Carnatic music represented by స (sa).

References
  • “షట్” in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1266
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