మాఱు

See also: మీఱు

Telugu

Alternative forms

• మారు (māru)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *māṯ(ṯ/-tt-) (“changed, altered”). Cognate with Kannada ಮಾರು (māru), Malayalam മാറുക (māṟuka), Tamil மாறு (māṟu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːru/

Verb

మాఱు • (māṟu) (causal మాఱుచు)

1. (intransitive) To change (to become something different).

Derived terms

• మాఱకము (māṟakamu, “exchange”)
• మాఱ్పు (māṟpu, “change”)

 

Noun

మాఱు • (māṟu) n (plural మాఱులు)

1. A time, instance, occurrence.

   Synonyms: మాటు (māṭu), తడవ (taḍava)

   ఇది రెండో మాఱు నేను రావడము.

   idi reṇḍō māṟu nēnu rāvaḍamu.

   This is the second time I've come here.

2. (cooking) A course or remove at dinner.

References

• "మారు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 978