Telugu edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit देश (deśa, point, region, spot, place, part, portion; province, country, kingdom) +‎ -ము (-mu).

Noun edit

దేశము (dēśamu? (plural దేశములు)

  1. country

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • "దేశము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 608
  • Budaraju Radhakrishna (1971) “దేశము”, in Early Telugu Inscriptions (up to 1100 A.D.) with Texts, Glossary & Brief Linguistic History., Kalabhavan, Saifabad, Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi, page 351.