Telugu edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with పరుగు (parugu), Tamil பரி (pari, to run), Malayalam പരി (pari, horse), Kannada ಪರಿ (pari, to run, flow, proceed).[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): /paːɾu/

Verb edit

పారు (pāru)

  1. to run or run away
  2. to purge
  3. to fly or rise in the air
  4. to flow (as water)

Synonyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “pari”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 353.