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Telugu
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Telugu ఊరు (ūru), Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *ūr. Cognate with Kannada ಊರು (ūru), Malayalam ഊര് (ūrŭ), Tamil ஊர் (ūr), Tulu ಊರು (ūru). Related to ఊర (ūra).
Noun
ఊరు • (ūru) n (plural ఊళ్ళు)
- A village, town
Derived terms
Etymology 2
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Cognate to Tamil ஊறு (ūṟu), Malayalam ഊറ്റുക (ūṟṟuka).
Verb
ఊరు • (ūru) (causal ఊరించు)
- To ooze, exude, spring, leak out as water.
- To be full, steeped or soaked.
Derived terms
References
- Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003) “Dravidians: prehistory and culture”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 8
- in A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary by T. Burrow and M. B. Emeneau
- L. Chakradhara Rao et al, editors (1978-1995), “ఊరు”, in తెలుగు వ్యుత్పత్తికోశం (in Telugu), Visakhapatnam (Waltair): Andhra University Press and Publications