భీష్ముడు

See also: భీష్ముఁడు and భీష్ముండు

Telugu

Alternative forms

భీష్ముఁడు (bhīṣmun̆ḍu)

Etymology

From Sanskrit भीष्म (bhīṣma) +‎ -డు (-ḍu).

Proper noun

భీష్ముడు • (bhīṣmuḍu) m

(literary) A terrible man.
Bhishma: The name of a hero in the Mahabharata.
a male given name mostly used in India

Synonyms

గాంగేయుడు (gāṅgēyuḍu)
భీష్ముండు (bhīṣmuṇḍu)

Derived terms

భీష్మప్రతిజ్ఞ (bhīṣmapratijña)

References

"భీ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 924

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