ఏఱు

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Telugu

Alternative forms

ఏరు (ēru)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *yĀṯu. Cognate with Manda (India) ଏଯ (ēy), Tamil ஆறு (āṟu), Malayalam ആറ് (āṟŭ), Kuvi ଏ୕ୟୁ (ēyu), Tulu ಉದೆ (ude), Tulu ಹುದೆ (hude).

Noun

ఏఱు • (ēṟu) n (plural ఏఱులు)

  1. A river.
    Synonym: నది (nadi)
    ఏఱు యెన్ని వంకలు పోయినా, సముద్రములోనే పడవలెను
    ēṟu yenni vaṅkalu pōyinā, samudramulōnē paḍavalenu
    However many twists the river may take, it must fall into the sea at last.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Cognate with Kannada ಏಱ್ (ēṟ, “to glean, gather, pick off”).[1] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

ఏఱు • (ēṟu) (causal ఏఱించు)

  1. To pick up (things) one after another or one by one, pull up (weeds), gather up (papers).
  2. To clean (rice).
  3. To glean.
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “ēṟ”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 88.
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