ఏరు
Telugu edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *cēr.
Noun edit
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Old Telugu ఏఱు (ēṟu), from Proto-Dravidian *yĀṯu. Cognate with Manda (India) ଏଯ (ēy), Tamil ஆறு (āṟu), Malayalam ആറ് (āṟŭ), Kuvi ଏ୕ୟୁ (ēyu), Tulu ಉದೆ (ude), Tulu ಹುದೆ (hude).
Noun edit
- a river
- ఏరు యెన్ని వంకలు పోయినా, సముద్రములోనే పడవలెను
- ēru yenni vaṅkalu pōyinā, samudramulōnē paḍavalenu
- However many twists the river take, it must fall into the sea at last.
Derived terms edit
- నట్టేరు (naṭṭēru)
Etymology 3 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Kannada ಏಱ್ (ēṟ, “to glean, gather, pick off”).[1]
Verb edit
- to pick up (things) one after another or one by one, pull up (weeds), gather up (papers)
- గింజలేరు
- giñjalēru
- to glean
- to clean (rice)
- to glean
References edit
- "ఏరు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 94
- ఏరు at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
- L. Chakradhara Rao et al, editors (1978-1995), “ఏరు”, in తెలుగు వ్యుత్పత్తికోశం [Telugu Etymological Dictionary] (in Telugu), Visakhapatnam (Waltair): Andhra University Press and Publications
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “ēṟ”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 88.