తెలుగు

Telugu

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Dravidian *teṉ (south) or Proto-Dravidian *ceḷ (sesame).[1][2] More at Telugu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪eluɡu/
  • Hyphenation: తె‧లు‧గు

Proper noun

తెలుగు • (telugu) ?

  1. The Telugu language.
  2. The Telugu ethnic group.

Noun

తెలుగు • (telugu) ? (plural తెలుగులు)

  1. A Telugu speaker.
  2. A member of the Telugu ethnic group.

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References

"తెలుగు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 551

  1. Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 21.
  2. Rao, Velcheru Narayana; Shulman, David (2002), Classical Telugu Poetry: An Anthology, University of California Press

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