పోరాడు
Telugu edit
Etymology edit
Compound of పోరు (pōru, “fight, quarrel, struggle”) + ఆడు (āḍu, “to do”). Cognate with Kannada ಹೋರಾಡು (hōrāḍu), Malayalam പോരാടുക (pōrāṭuka), Tamil போராடு (pōrāṭu).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
పోరాడు • (pōrāḍu) (causal పోరాడించు)
Derived terms edit
- పోరాట (pōrāṭa, “fight, quarrel, struggle”)
References edit
- "పోరు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 820