Word history
Wiktionary records కస్తూరి (kastūri) as a Telugu surname. The entry traces the Telugu word to Sanskrit kastūrī. Monier-Williams records musk as the literal sense of the older word, while separate botanical senses are in other entries. కస్తూరి preserves the borrowed word in Telugu script. The fragrance sense is a dictionary meaning and does not establish a perfume trade or a personal characteristic for an individual.
Sources: Wiktionary contributors · Telugu entry, etymology and surname sense · Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword kastūrī, page 266, column 2, entry L46889
Literal dictionary sense
Native-script forms
Sources and attribution
- Wiktionary contributors · Telugu entry, etymology and surname sense
- Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword kastūrī, page 266, column 2, entry L46889
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