బందూకు

See also: బందూక్

Telugu

Alternative forms

• బందూక్ (bandūk)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi बन्दूक (bandūk, “gun”), from Arabic بُنْدُقِيَّة (bunduqiyya, “rifle, gun”). The original Arabic was بُنْدُق (bunduq) and denoted filberts, nuts shaped like the projectiles thrown from stone bows.

Noun

బందూకు • (bandūku) ? (plural బందూకులు)

1. bundook, rifle