దేవరుడు

Telugu

Etymology

From Sanskrit देवर (devara) +‎ -డు (-ḍu); Cognate with Latin levir, Ancient Greek δᾱήρ (dāḗr), Russian де́верь (déverʹ), Lithuanian dieveris.

Noun

దేవరుడు • (dēvaruḍu) ? (plural దేవరులు)

  1. a brother-in-law (husband's brother)

References

"దేవరుడు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 607

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