పోరు
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Telugu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Dravidian *pōr (“fight, war, battle”). Cognate with Tamil போர் (pōr), Malayalam പോര് (pōrŭ).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
పోరు • (pōru) (causal పోరించు)
Noun[edit]
పోరు • (pōru) ? (plural పోళ్ళు)
- A fight, combat, struggle, quarrel.
- troubling
- ఆ పిల్ల పోరు పెట్టుచున్నది.
- ā pilla pōru peṭṭucunnadi.
- The child is giving a lot of trouble.
Derived terms[edit]
- పోరాడు (pōrāḍu, “to fight, struggle, quarrel”)
References[edit]
- Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003) “Dravidians: prehistory and culture”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 8
- "పోరు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 820