గుర్రము

గుర్రం (gurraṁ), గుఱ్ఱము (guṟṟamu)

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kut-ir-ay (“horse”), from Proto-Dravidian *kut-i (“to jump”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡuramu/

గుర్రము • (gurramu) n (plural గుర్రాలు or గుర్రములు)

1. horse

   Synonyms: అశ్వము (aśvamu), ఘోటకము (ghōṭakamu)

2. (chess) A chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.

• ఆడగుర్రం (āḍagurraṁ, “mare”)
• గుర్రపునాడా (gurrapunāḍā, “horseshoe”)

• "గుర్రము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 381
• గుర్రము at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 12, 132.