పొరుగు
Telugu edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil பொரு (poru, “to join, unite”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
పొరుగు • (porugu) n (plural పొరుగులు)
- A side.
- The part or side adjoining the next house.
- The neighbourhood or vicinity.
- Synonyms: ఇరుగు (irugu), చుట్టుపట్లు (cuṭṭupaṭlu), వాడకట్టు (vāḍakaṭṭu)
- nearness
- The side opposite to one's house.
References edit
- "పొరుగు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 817
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “poru”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 401.