శరణార్థి

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Telugu

FWOTD – 20 June 2022

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शरणार्थी (śaraṇārthī).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaɾaɳaːɾtʰi/, /ʃɐɾɐɳɐːɾtʰi/

Noun

శరణార్థి • (śaraṇārthi) n (plural శరణార్థులు)

  1. suppliant, petitioner
  2. refugee
    Synonyms: శరణాగతుడు (śaraṇāgatuḍu), కాందిశీకుడు (kāndiśīkuḍu)
    • 1989 September 6, Andhra Prabha:
      భారతదేశంలోకి శ్రీలంక నుంచి పెద్దఎత్తున తమిళ శరణార్థులు రావడం కూడా ఆందోళన కలిగిస్తున్నదని ఆయన చెప్పారు.
      bhāratadēśaṁlōki śrīlaṅka nuñci peddaettuna tamiḷa śaraṇārthulu rāvaḍaṁ kūḍā āndōḷana kaligistunnadani āyana ceppāru.
      He said that the massive scale of Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka coming into India was worrying.
    • 2002, Mani Ratnam, 14:20 from the start, on-screen text, in Amrutha (Telugu dub of Kannathil Muthamittal)‎ (motion picture):
      శరణార్థులశిబిరం - రామేశ్వరం
      śaraṇārthulaśibiraṁ - rāmēśvaraṁ
      Refugees' camp - Rameshwaram
    • 2021 August 24, “Afghanistan: ‘శవాలపై కూడా అత్యాచారాలకు పాల్పడతారు’”, in Sakshi‎:
      అఫ్గన్‌ శరణార్థి సంచలన వ్యాఖ్యలు
      aphgan‌ śaraṇārthi sañcalana vyākhyalu
      Shocking comments from an Afghan refugee

Further reading

  • "శరణము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1244
  • “శరణార్థి”, in పత్రికభాస నిఘంటువు [Dictionary of Telugu Newspaper Language] (in Telugu), Hyderabad: Telugu University, 1995
  • Chekuri Rama Rao, editor (2004 (1998)), “refugee”, in పత్రికా పదకోశం (ఇంగ్లీషు - తెలుగు) [Dictionary of Newspaper Language (English - Telugu)] (in Telugu), revised edition, Hyderabad: Press Academy of Andhra Pradesh
  • Budaraju Radhakrishna (2008) “refugee”, in ఆధునికవ్యవహారకోశం ఇంగ్లీష్-తెలుగు [Vocabulary of Modern Affairs English-Telugu] (in Telugu), 2nd edition, Hyderabad: Prachee Publications
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