కారు

See also: కరి, కేరు, and కోరు

Telugu

Alternative forms

కాఱు (kāṟu)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːɾu/

Etymology 1

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

Verb

కారు • (kāru)

1. To flow, drop, run out, run in drops, trickle.

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

కారు • (kāru)

1. black, jet black

Derived terms

• కారుమబ్బు (kārumabbu, “black cloud”)

Etymology 3

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

Noun

కారు • (kāru) ? (plural కాళ్ళు)

1. season, time of the year

Derived terms

• వానకారు (vānakāru, “rainy season”)

Etymology 4

Borrowed from English car.

Noun

కారు • (kāru) n (plural కాళ్ళు)

1. car

   Synonyms: బండి (baṇḍi), తేరు (tēru)

References

• "కారు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 275