గోపురము
Telugu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit गोपुर (gopura, “gate, monumental tower”) + -ము (-mu, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
గోపురము • (gōpuramu) n (plural గోపురములు)
- An arch, a dome, a pinnacle.
- A portal door, a city gate.
- A high pyramidal tower over the gates of a temple.
- A steeple.
- (figurative) Elysium.
Derived terms edit
- గాలిగోపురము (gāligōpuramu, “steeple”)
References edit
- "గోపురము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 392