చారు

Telugu

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil சாறு (cāṟu, “juice, aromatic (pepper) water”), Malayalam ചാറു (cāṟu, “sap, broth, infusion”), Kannada ಚಾಱು (cāṟu, “sap, broth, pepper water”).

Alternative forms

• చేరు (cēru)

Noun

చారు • (cāru) ? (plural చాళ్ళు)

1. soup
   1. pepper water, a kind of thin soup made of coriander, tamarind, pepper, and other spices (= rasam); the South Indian soup usually termed mulligatawny

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit चारु (cāru).

Alternative forms

• చారువు (cāruvu)

Adjective

చారు • (cāru)

1. beautiful, lovely, charming

References

• "చారు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 182
• "చారు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, pages 408, 436