కోతి (Telugu)

Where does "కోతి" come from?

The Telugu noun 'kōti', meaning monkey, is recorded as a cognate of the Kannada 'kōti', which has the same form[1]. The available etymology does not give an earlier source, dates, or any account of how the word passed between the two languages.

Open questions

• The only etymological information given is the Kannada cognate, with no reconstructed ancestor and no indication of which language the word originated in or borrowed it from. [1]

Cognates and doublets

• ಕೋತಿ (Kannada)

Descendants and derived words

• కోతివన్నె (Telugu)
• నల్లకోతి (Telugu)
• మషికోతి (Telugu)

Sources

1. కోతి (Telugu) - Wiktionary

Updated October 2026

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