గోపురము
Telugu
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit गोपुर (gopura, “gate, monumental tower”) + -ము (-mu, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡoːpuɾamu/
Noun
గోపురము • (gōpuramu) n (plural గోపురములు)
- an arch, a dome, a pinnacle
- a portal door, a city gate
- a high pyramidal tower over the gates of a temple
- a steeple
- (figurative) Elysium
Derived terms
- గాలిగోపురము (gāligōpuramu, “steeple”)
References
- "గోపురము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 392