Kaadu
Kaadu is a word used in several South Asian languages to mean forest or woods. In Kannada, Tamil, and Malayalam, kaadu is the common term for a forest, used in everyday speech as well as literature. Variants in spelling and pronunciation occur between languages and transliteration systems, but the meaning remains largely the same.
Linguistic background: The term is part of the Dravidian linguistic family, with cognates across these languages
Usage and senses: It covers forested areas from dense jungle to patches of woodland and can also
Onomastic and cultural use: Kaadu appears in place names and geographical descriptors as a component meaning
Grammar: When used as a common noun, kaadu is typically lowercase; as a title or proper noun,