షుగరు

Telugu

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English sugar. Doublet of చక్కెర (cakkera) and శర్కర (śarkara).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ʂuɡaɾu/

Noun

షుగరు • (ṣugaru) n (singular only)

  1. (colloquial, chiefly Telangana) diabetes
    Synonym: మధుమేహము (madhumēhamu)
    నాకు బీపీ, షుగరు ఉంది.
    nāku bīpī, ṣugaru undi.
    I have hypertension (high blood pressure) and diabetes.

References

  • “షుగరు”, in ప్రాంతీయ మాండలిక పదకోశం [Regional Dialectical Dictionary] (in Telugu), Hyderabad: Telugu Academy, 2004
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