Word history
Wiktionary records గుడివాడ (guḍivāḍa) as a Telugu surname. The entry explains a compound of guḍi, temple, and vāḍa, street, and records a town-name sense. గుడివాడ preserves both Telugu components. The compound is therefore read as a place word rather than a description of an individual. The town name supplies geographic context, without proving that every household with this surname came from that town.
Sources: Wiktionary contributors · Telugu entry, etymology and surname sense
Literal dictionary sense
guḍivāḍa: Temple street.
Wiktionary contributors · Telugu entry, etymology and surname sense
Native-script forms
Place name
Gudivada · గుడివాడ.
Sources and attribution
- Wiktionary contributors · Telugu entry, etymology and surname sense
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