చేరు
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Telugu
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil கயிறு (kayiṟu, “rope, cord, string”), Malayalam കയല് (kayalŭ, “string”).[1]
Noun
[edit]చేరు • (cēru) n (plural చేళ్ళు)
Etymology 2
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Kannada ಕೆನ್ದು (kendu, “to lean on”).[2]
Verb
[edit]చేరు • (cēru)
Etymology 3
[edit]Noun
[edit]చేరు • (cēru) n (plural చేళ్ళు)
- Alternative form of చారు (cāru)
Etymology 4
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with చేరుపు (cērupu, “nearness”), Tamil சேர் (cēr, “to become united, joined”).[3]
Verb
[edit]చేరు • (cēru)
- To assemble, gather, come together, collect.
- To approach, come near.
- To arrive, be received.
- To be included.
- To be added, be attached.
- To join, become a member (of).
- To belong, pertain, be part (of).
References
[edit]- "చేరు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 197
- "చేరు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 436
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “1254”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 166.
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “2012”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 182.
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “2814”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 244.