ఊరు
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See also: ఊర and Appendix:Variations of "uru"
Telugu[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Telugu ఊరు (ūru), Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *ūr. Cognate with Kannada ಊರು (ūru), Malayalam ഊര് (ūrŭ), Tamil ஊர் (ūr), Tulu ಊರು (ūru).
Noun[edit]
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Etymology 2[edit]
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Cognate to Tamil ஊறு (ūṟu), Malayalam ഊറ്റുക (ūṟṟuka).
Verb[edit]
- To ooze, exude, spring, leak out as water.
- నోరూరుట
- nōrūruṭa
- the mouth watering
- To be full, steeped or soaked.
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References[edit]
- Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003) “Dravidians: prehistory and culture”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 8
- [1] in A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary by T. Burrow and M. B. Emeneau
- L. Chakradhara Rao et al, editors (1978-1995), “ఊరు”, in తెలుగు వ్యుత్పత్తికోశం [Telugu Etymological Dictionary] (in Telugu), Visakhapatnam (Waltair): Andhra University Press and Publications