చావు
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Telugu
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]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.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Brown-1903, Gwynn-1991 (2022) “చావు”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Telugu Dictionaries]