ఏఱు

Telugu

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eːru/

Etymology 1

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

ఏఱు • (ēṟu) n (plural ఏఱులు)

a river
Synonym: నది (nadi)

ఏఱు యెన్ని వంకలు పోయినా, సముద్రములోనే పడవలెను
ēṟu yenni vaṅkalu pōyinā, samudramulōnē paḍavalenu
However many twists the river may take, it must fall into the sea at last.

Derived terms

ఏటిఱేడు (ēṭiṟēḍu, “ocean”)
నట్టేఱు (naṭṭēṟu, “midstream”)

Etymology 2

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

ఏఱు • (ēṟu) (causal ఏఱించు)

to pick up (things) one after another or one by one, pull up (weeds), gather up (papers)
to clean (rice)
to glean

Derived terms

గింజలేఱు (giñjalēṟu, “to glean”)

References

"ఏఱు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 94
ఏఱు 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), “ఏఱు”, 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.

[1] Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “ēṟ”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 88.

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