పోటు
Telugu
Etymology
Cognate with Tamil போடு (pōṭu). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poːʈu/
Noun
పోటు • (pōṭu) n (plural పోట్లు)
- a thrust, a stab, a blow
- pain
- the swell of a river, or of the sea, the flow of the tides
- heroism, courage
Derived terms
References
- "పోటు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 818