వీరుడు
See also: వరుడు
Telugu
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit वीर (vīrá, “man; hero”) + -డు (-ḍu), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wīrás, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. 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
వీరుడు • (vīruḍu) m (plural వీరులు)
Related terms
- మహావీరుడు (mahāvīruḍu)
References
- "వీరుడు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1201