Plough Meaning in Telugu: Nagali, Madaka & Traditional Tools

Telugu agricultural terminology for ploughs and tillage

• Naagali (నాగలి): The traditional wooden plough fitted with an iron point (కర్రు / Karru) used for primary furrowing.
• Madaka (మడక): Commonly refers to the complete ploughing unit, including the yoked bullock team and the plough implement.
• Karru (కర్రు): The sharp iron share attached to the wooden sole that penetrates and slices the soil.
• Dhunti / Gorru (గొర్రు): Secondary multi-tined tillage and seeding implement used for shallow harrowing and seed sowing.

Types of mechanized ploughs in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

• Iron Mouldboard Plough (ఇనుప నాగలి): Completely inverts the furrow slice, burying surface weeds and crop stubble in deep black soils.
• Disc Plough (డిస్క్ నాగలి): Uses rotating concave steel discs to cut through hard, dry, or rocky soils where traditional points break.
• Chisel Plough (చీసెల్ నాగలి): Breaks through hard subsurface hardpans without inverting poor subsoil, vital for moisture conservation in dryland Rayalaseema.

Agronomic significance of summer ploughing (వేసవి దుక్కి)

In Telugu agrarian culture, summer ploughing—known as 'వేసవి దుక్కి' (Vesavi Dukki)—is considered essential after harvest. Ploughing the dry field immediately after pre-monsoon showers aerates the soil, traps rainwater, destroys hibernating insect pupae, and readies the land for early Kharif sowing under the Rohini Karthe.

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Common questions

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