చేరు

Telugu

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /t͡ɕeːɾu/, [t͡ʃeːɾu]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil கயிறு (kayiṟu, “rope, cord, string”), Malayalam കയല് (kayalŭ, “string”).[1]

Noun

చేరు • (cēru) ? (plural చేళ్ళు)

  1. string, cord
  2. string of pearls or flowers
  3. cord by which a net bag (ఉట్టి (uṭṭi)) is suspended

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Kannada ಕೆನ್ದು (kendu, “to lean on”).[2]

Verb

చేరు • (cēru)

  1. to lean on or against
  2. to touch

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil சாறு (cāṟu, “juice, aromatic (pepper) water”), Malayalam ചാറു (cāṟu, “sap, broth, infusion”), Kannada ಚಾಱು (cāṟu, “sap, broth, pepper water”).[3]

Alternative forms

Noun

చేరు • (cēru) ? (plural చేళ్ళు)

  1. pepper water; the South Indian soup usually termed mulligatawny

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with చేరుపు (cērupu, “nearness”), Tamil சேர் (cēr, “to become united, joined”).[4]

Verb

చేరు • (cēru)

  1. to assemble, gather, come together, collect
  2. to approach, come near
  3. to arrive, be received
  4. to be included
  5. to be added, be attached
  6. to join, become a member (of)
  7. to belong, pertain, be part (of)

References
  1. Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 1254, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 166.
  2. Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 2012, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 182.
  3. Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 2484, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 217.
  4. Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 2814, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 244.
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