ఎరుగు

Telugu

Alternative forms

ఎఱుగు (eṟugu)

Etymology

From Proto-Dravidian *aṯV-. Cognate with Tamil அறி (aṟi), Kannada ಅರಿ (ari), Malayalam അറിയുക (aṟiyuka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɾuɡu/

Verb

ఎరుగు • (erugu) (causal ఎరిగించు)

1. To know, be aware of, to understand.

Derived terms

• ఎరుక (eruka, “knowledge, awareness, understanding”)

 

References

• "ఎరుగు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 190
• ఎరుగు at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
• L. Chakradhara Rao et al, editors (1978-1995), “ఎరుగు”, in తెలుగు వ్యుత్పత్తికోశం [Telugu Etymological Dictionary] (in Telugu), Visakhapatnam (Waltair): Andhra University Press and Publications