ఎర్ర

Telugu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /era/

Etymology 1

Adjectival form of ఎరుపు (erupu), from Proto-South Dravidian II *eṯV-.

Alternative forms

• ఎఱ్ఱ (eṟṟa) (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /era/

Adjective

ఎర్ర • (erra)

1. red, scarlet, crimson

Descendants

• → Gondi: ఎర్ర (erra)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ఎర్ర • (erra) ? (plural ఎర్రలు) (particularly Telangana)

1. earthworm
2. fishing bait

References

• "ఎర్ర" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 191
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “eṟur̤”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 84.
• ఎర్ర 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), “ఎఱ్ఱ”, in తెలుగు వ్యుత్పత్తికోశం [Telugu Etymological Dictionary] (in Telugu), Visakhapatnam (Waltair): Andhra University Press and Publications

  “ఎర్ర”, in ప్రాంతీయ మాండలిక పదకోశం [Regional Dialectical Dictionary] (in Telugu), Hyderabad: Telugu Academy, 2004

  Nalimela Bhaskar (2010) “ఎర్ర”, in తెలంగాణ పదకోశం [Telangana Dictionary] (in Telugu)