melam72 wrote: ↑02 Jun 2017, 08:13
Oh please. I don't even speak Telugu, and I know 'kshudrulu' does NOT mean 'petty'.
IMO the word is basically from the Sanskrit
kshudra, which has the following meanings.
Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon: Search Results
1 kSudra mf(%{A})n. (compar. %{kSodIyas} , superl. %{-diSTha} , qq.vv.) minute , diminutive , tiny , very small , little , trifling AV. VS. xiv , 30 TBr. iii S3Br. ChUp. AitUp. Ya1jn5. &c. ; mean , low , vile Mn. vii , 27 Ya1jn5. i , 309 MBh. &c. ; wicked (said in joke) Ma1lav. ; niggardly , avaricious L. ; cruel L. ; poor , indigent L. ; m. a small particle of rice L. [330,3] ; = %{-roga} (q.v.) Sus3r. ; = %{-panasa} (q.v.) L. ; (%{A}) f. (Pa1n2. 4-3 , 119) a kind of bee Bhpr. ; a fly , gnat L. ; a base or despicable woman Pa1n2. 4-1 , 131 ; a maimed or crippled woman ib. Pat. ; a whore , harlot L. ; a dancing girl L. ; a quarrelsome woman L. ; N. of several plants (Solanum Jacquini , also another variety of Solanum , Oxalis pusilla , Coix barbata , Nardostachys Jat2a1-ma1n6si1) L. ; (%{a4m}) n. a particle of dust , flour , meal RV. i , 129 , 6 and viii , 49 , 4 ; [cf. Lith. {kUdikis} , `" an infant "' ; Pers. $ {kUdak} , `" small a boy. "']
The word exists in Tamil too, and from the same dictionary we have: (re-spelling in italics mine)
7 kSutram (
kshUdram) 1. smallness, littleness; 2. cruelty
8 kSutratEvatai (
kshUdradEvatai) pett, minor deity