వీరుడు

See also: వరుడు

Telugu

Alternative forms

• వీరుఁడు (vīrun̆ḍu), వీరుండు (vīruṇḍu)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वीर (vīrá, “man; hero”) + -డు (-ḍu), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wīrás, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognates include Latin vir, Lithuanian výras, Old Irish fer, Old Norse verr, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂 (wair), Ossetian ир (ir, “Ossetians”) and Old English wer (English were-).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋiːɾuɖu/

Noun

వీరుడు • (vīruḍu) m (plural వీరులు)

1. A hero, warrior, champion.

   Synonym: శూరుడు (śūruḍu)

Related terms

• మహావీరుడు (mahāvīruḍu)

References

• "వీరము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1208
• వీరుడు at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)