నెత్తురు

Telugu

Alternative forms

• నెత్రు (netru)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *neyttVr (“blood”). Cognate with Tamil நெய்த்தோர் (neyttōr, “blood”), Kannada ನೆತ್ತರು (nettaru, “blood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /net̪ːuɾu/

Noun

నెత్తురు • (netturu) ? (plural నెత్తుళ్ళు)

1. blood (particularly Telangana)

   Synonym: రక్తము (raktamu)

References

• "నెత్తురు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 676
• నెత్తురు at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)

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

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

• Budaraju Radhakrishna (1971) “నెత్తురు”, in Early Telugu Inscriptions (up to 1100 A.D.) with Texts, Glossary & Brief Linguistic History., Kalabhavan, Saifabad, Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi, page 367.