బాగు

Telugu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil வாகு (vāku, “beauty, light, niceness”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baːɡu/

Noun

బాగు • (bāgu) ? (plural బాగులు)

1. good, welfare, wellbeing, a good state, condition, health, etc.

Adjective

బాగు • (bāgu)

1. good, safe, sound, correct
2. beautiful

Derived terms

• బాగుండు (bāguṇḍu, “to be good, be well”)
• బాగుచేయు (bāgucēyu, “to benefit, mend, repair”)
• బాగుపడు (bāgupaḍu, “to thrive, prosper, be improved”)

 

References

• "బాగు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 379
• "బాగు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 880