చారు
Telugu edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil சாறு (cāṟu, “juice, aromatic (pepper) water”), Malayalam ചാറു (cāṟu, “sap, broth, infusion”), Kannada ಚಾಱು (cāṟu, “sap, broth, pepper water”).[1]
Alternative forms edit
- చేరు (cēru)
Noun edit
చారు • (cāru) ? (plural చాళ్ళు)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit चारु (cāru).
Alternative forms edit
- చారువు (cāruvu)
Adjective edit
చారు • (cāru)
References edit
- "చారు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 182
- "చారు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, pages 408, 436
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 2484, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 217.