వీరము
Telugu edit
Alternative forms edit
- వీరం (vīraṁ)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit वीर (vīrá, “heroic, powerful, strong, excellent, eminent”) + -ము (-mu); from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wīrás, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós (“man; husband; warrior, hero”). Cognates include Latin vir, Lithuanian výras, Old Irish fer, Old Norse verr, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂 (wair), Ossetian ир (ir, “Ossetians”) and Old English wer (English were-).
Pronunciation edit
- [vīramu] vīramu.
Adjective edit
వీరము • (vīramu)
References edit
- "వీరము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1201