పూవు

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Telugu

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *pū. Cognates include Tamil பூ (), Malayalam പൂവ് (pūvŭ), Kannada ಹೂವು (hūvu), Tulu ಪೂ ().

Pronunciation

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Noun

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పూవు (pūvun (plural పూవులు)

  1. flower
    Synonym: పుష్పము (puṣpamu)
  2. (pathology) cataract
    Synonyms: పొర (pora), పటలము (paṭalamu)
  3. (typography) asterisk, star

References

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  • Brown-1903, Gwynn-1991 (2022) “పూవు”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Telugu Dictionaries]