సబ్బు

See also: సబబు

Telugu

Etymology

From Portuguese sabão (“soap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sabːu/
• Rhymes: -బ్బు

Noun

సబ్బు • (sabbu) n (plural సబ్బులు)

1. soap

References

• Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003) “Loanwords from western languages: Portuguese and English”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 479
• "సబ్బు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1298