పొరుగు

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil பொரு (poru, “to join, unite”).

• IPA^(key): /poɾuɡu/

పొరుగు • (porugu) n (plural పొరుగులు)

1. A side.
2. The part or side adjoining the next house.
3. The neighbourhood or vicinity.

   Synonyms: ఇరుగు (irugu), చుట్టుపట్లు (cuṭṭupaṭlu), వాడకట్టు (vāḍakaṭṭu)

4. nearness

   Synonyms: ఇరుగు (irugu), పొంత (ponta), తలవీడు (talavīḍu), సమీప్యము (samīpyamu)

5. The side opposite to one's house.

• "పొరుగు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 817
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “poru”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 401.