చేరు

Telugu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕeːɾu/, [t͡ʃeːɾu]

Etymology 1

Cognate with Tamil கயிறு (kayiṟu, “rope, cord, string”), Malayalam കയല് (kayalŭ, “string”).[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

చేరు • (cēru) n (plural చేళ్ళు)

  1. string, cord
  2. string of pearls or flowers
  3. a cord by which a net bag (ఉట్టి (uṭṭi)) is suspended

Etymology 2

Cognate with Kannada ಕೆನ್ದು (kendu, “to lean on”).[2] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb

చేరు • (cēru)

  1. to lean on or against
  2. to touch

Etymology 3

Noun

చేరు • (cēru) n (plural చేళ్ళు)

  1. alternative form of చారు (cāru)

Etymology 4

Cognate with చేరుపు (cērupu, “nearness”), Tamil சேர் (cēr, “to become united, joined”).[3] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb

చేరు • (cēru)

  1. to assemble, gather, come together, collect
  2. to approach, come near
  3. to arrive, be received
  4. to be included
  5. to be added, be attached
  6. to join, become a member (of)
  7. to belong, pertain, be part (of)
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “1254”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 166.
  2. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “2012”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 182.
  3. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “2814”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 244.
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