చేరు
Telugu[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
IPA(key): /t͡ɕeːɾu/, [t͡ʃeːɾu]
Etymology 1[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil கயிறு (kayiṟu, “rope, cord, string”), Malayalam കയല് (kayalŭ, “string”).[1]
Noun[edit]
చేరు • (cēru) ? (plural చేళ్ళు)
Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Kannada ಕೆನ್ದು (kendu, “to lean on”).[2]
Verb[edit]
చేరు • (cēru)
Etymology 3[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil சாறு (cāṟu, “juice, aromatic (pepper) water”), Malayalam ചാറു (cāṟu, “sap, broth, infusion”), Kannada ಚಾಱು (cāṟu, “sap, broth, pepper water”).[3]
Alternative forms[edit]
- చారు (cāru)
Noun[edit]
చేరు • (cēru) ? (plural చేళ్ళు)
- pepper water; the South Indian soup usually termed mulligatawny
Etymology 4[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with చేరుపు (cērupu, “nearness”), Tamil சேர் (cēr, “to become united, joined”).[4]
Verb[edit]
చేరు • (cēru)
- to assemble, gather, come together, collect
- to approach, come near
- to arrive, be received
- to be included
- to be added, be attached
- to join, become a member (of)
- to belong, pertain, be part (of)
References[edit]
- "చేరు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 197
- "చేరు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 436
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 1254, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 166.
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 2012, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 182.
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 2484, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 217.
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 2814, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 244.