ఆరు

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See also: ఆర్ and ఆరో

Telugu

Telugu cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ఆరు (āru)
    Ordinal : ఆరవ (ārava)
    Multiplier : ఆరింతలు (ārintalu)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Telugu ఆఱు (āṟu), from Proto-Dravidian *cāṯu. Cognate with Kannada ಆರು (āru), Malayalam ആറ് (āṟŭ), Tamil ஆறு (āṟu), Tulu ಅಂಜಿ (añji).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /aːɾu/

  • Hyphenation: ఆ‧రు
  • Rhymes: -u

Numeral

ఆరు (āru)

  1. 6 (Telugu numeral: (6))

Noun

ఆరు (āru? (plural ఆళ్ళు)

  1. six

Synonyms

Adjective

ఆరు (āru)

  1. six
    ఆరుగురు
    āruguru
    six persons

Synonyms

Verb

ఆరు (āru)

  1. To dry, be dried up.
  2. To be quenched, or extinguished.
  3. To be full.
    నూరారు ముద్దులు.
    nūrāru muddulu.
    a full hundred kisses.

Coordinate terms

Playing cards in Telugu · పేకముక్కలు (pēkamukkalu) (layout · text)
ఆసు (āsu) డ్యూసు (ḍyūsu), రెండు (reṇḍu) మూడు (mūḍu) నాలుగు (nālugu) ఐదు (aidu) ఆరు (āru) ఏడు (ēḍu)
ఎనిమిది (enimidi) తొమ్మిది (tommidi) పది (padi) జాకీ (jākī) రాణి (rāṇi) రాజు (rāju) జోకరు (jōkaru)

References

"ఆరు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 122