వీర
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Telugu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Sanskrit वीर (vīrá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wīrás, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós (“man; husband; warrior, hero”). Cognates include Latin vir, Lithuanian výras, Old Irish fer, Old Norse verr, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂 (wair), Ossetian ир (ir, “Ossetians”) and Old English wer (English were-).
Noun[edit]
- a woman who has a husband and sons
Synonyms[edit]
- వీరము (vīramu)
References[edit]
- "వీర" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1208
- వీర at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)