చావు
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Telugu[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Derived from Proto-Dravidian *caH- (“to die”). Compare Tamil சாவு (cāvu, “death”), Kannada ಸಾವು (sāvu).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
చావు • (cāvu) n (plural చావులు)
- death: the cessation of life and all associated processes.
- కోతి చావు, కోమటి రంకు
- kōti cāvu, kōmaṭi raṅku
- A monkey's death, a Komati's adultery.
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References[edit]
- Brown-1903, Gwynn (2022) “చావు”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Telugu Dictionaries]