తెనుగు
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Telugu
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *ten (“south”). Cognate with Tamil தெற்கு (teṟku), Malayalam തെക്ക് (tekkŭ), Kannada ತೆಂಕಲು (teṅkalu).
Proper noun
తెనుగు • (tenugu) ?
- The Tenugu or Telugu language.
Synonyms
- తెలుగు (telugu)
Derived terms
- తెనిగించు (tenigiñcu)
- తెనుగువాడు (tenuguvāḍu)
Noun
తెనుగు • (tenugu) ? (singular only)
- The south.
Coordinate terms
(compass points)
| వాయవ్యము (vāyavyamu) | ఉత్తరము (uttaramu) డాకడ (ḍākaḍa) వడకు (vaḍaku) |
ఈశాన్యము (īśānyamu) |
| పడమర (paḍamara) పశ్చిమము (paścimamu) |
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తూర్పు (tūrpu) పూర్వము (pūrvamu) |
| నైఋతి (nair̥ti) | దక్షిణము (dakṣiṇamu) వలకడ (valakaḍa) తెనుగు (tenugu) |
ఆగ్నేయము (āgnēyamu) |
References
"తెనుగు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 547