వృకము
Telugu
Alternative forms
వృకం (vr̥kaṁ)
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit वृक (vṛka) + -ము (-mu), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-Iranian *wŕ̥kas (“wolf”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (“wolf”). Cognate with Persian گرگ (gorg), Avestan 𐬬𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬋 (vəhrkō), Latin lupus, Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos), Lithuanian vilkas. Native grammarians etymologize it as "the tearer" and connect it to root √vrasc, compare वृक्ण (vṛkṇa).
Pronunciation
Noun
వృకము • (vr̥kamu) ? (plural వృకములు)
References
- "వృకము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1202