ధాతువు
Telugu edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit धातु (dhātu, “layer, stratum; constituent part, ingredient; element, primitive matter; constituent element or essential ingredient of the body; primary element of the earth; verbal root”) + -వు (-vu).
Noun edit
ధాతువు • (dhātuvu) m (plural ధాతువులు)
- An element, primary substance.
- A constituent of the earth or mountains, a mineral, metal, ore, fossil.
- సప్తధాతువులు
- saptadhātuvulu
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- An essential element or constituent of the body, viz. chyle, blood, flesh, fat, bone, marrow, and semen.
- A humor or affection of the body viz. wind, bile, and phlegm
- The pulse.
- (grammar) The primary element of words, a verbal root.
References edit
- "ధాతువు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 621