ఏరు
Telugu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eːɾu/
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *cēr.
Noun
ఏరు • (ēru) n (plural ఏళ్ళు)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *yĀṯu. Cognate with Manda (India) ଏଯ (ēy), Tamil ஆறு (āṟu), Malayalam ആറ് (āṟŭ), Kuvi ଏ୕ୟୁ (ēyu), Tulu ಉದೆ (ude), Tulu ಹುದೆ (hude).
Noun
ఏరు • (ēru) n (plural ఏళ్ళు)
- alternative form of ఏఱు (ēṟu)
Derived terms
- నట్టేరు (naṭṭēru)
Etymology 3
Cognate with Kannada ಏಱ್ (ēṟ, “to glean, gather, pick off”).[1] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
ఏరు • (ēru) (causal ఏరించు)
- alternative form of ఏఱు (ēṟu)
Derived terms
- గింజలేరు (giñjalēru)
References
- "ఏరు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 94
- ఏరు at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
- L. Chakradhara Rao et al, editors (1978-1995), “ఏరు”, in తెలుగు వ్యుత్పత్తికోశం [Telugu Etymological Dictionary] (in Telugu), Visakhapatnam (Waltair): Andhra University Press and Publications
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “ēṟ”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 88.