త్రాగు

See also: తిరుగు

Telugu

Alternative forms

త్రావు (trāvu), తాగు (tāgu)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Duruwa [script needed] (tār-, “to swallow”), Kondekor [script needed] (tārg-, “to swallow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t̪ɾaːɡu/
Rhymes: -గు

Verb

త్రాగు • (trāgu) (causal త్రాగించు)

to drink
to smoke

Derived terms

చుట్టత్రాగు (cuṭṭatrāgu, “to smoke a cigar”)
త్రాగుట (trāguṭa, “drinking”)
త్రాగుడు (trāguḍu, “drinking, drunkenness”)
త్రాగునీరు (trāgunīru, “drinking water”)
త్రాగుబోతు (trāgubōtu, “drunkard”)

References

"త్రాగు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 520
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “trāgu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 275.

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