దేవర

Telugu

Noun

దేవర • (dēvara) m (plural దేవరలు)

  1. God.
    Synonym: దేవుడు (dēvuḍu)
    బొజ్జదేవర
    bojjadēvara
    tummy god
  2. A lord or master
    Synonym: స్వామి (svāmi)
  3. My lord, Sir.
  4. A title of respect used in addressing superiors.
    దేవరవారు
    dēvaravāru
    your honour

References
  • దేవర at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
  • Budaraju Radhakrishna (1971) “దేవర”, in Early Telugu Inscriptions (up to 1100 A.D.) with Texts, Glossary & Brief Linguistic History., Kalabhavan, Saifabad, Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi, page 349.
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