ఊరు

See also: ఊర and Appendix:Variations of "uru"

Telugu

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /uːɾu/

Etymology 1

From Old Telugu ఊరు (ūru), Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *ūr. Cognate with Kannada ಊರು (ūru), Malayalam ഊര് (ūrŭ), Tamil ஊர் (ūr), Tulu ಊರು (ūru).

Noun

ఊరు • (ūru) n (plural ఊళ్ళు)

  1. A village, town.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Cognate to Tamil ஊறு (ūṟu).

Verb

ఊరు • (ūru) (causal ఊరించు)

  1. To ooze, exude, spring, leak out as water.
    నోరూరుట
    nōrūruṭa
    the mouth watering
  2. To be full, steeped or soaked.
Derived terms

References
  • Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003), “Dravidians: prehistory and culture”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 8
  • in A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary by T. Burrow and M. B. Emeneau
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