ఉసురు
Appearance
See also: ఉసిరి
Telugu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Dravidian *ucV- (“to live, subsist”). Cognate with Kannada ಉಸಿರು (usiru), Malayalam ഉയിർ (uyiṟ), Tamil உயிர் (uyir).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ఉసురు • (usuru) n (plural ఉసుళ్ళు)
- life
- breath
- Synonym: ఊపిరి (ūpiri)
- strength, vigour
- Synonym: ప్రాణము (prāṇamu)
- sigh
- affliction, plague
- hardship
- Synonym: కష్టము (kaṣṭamu)
References
[edit]- "ఉసురు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 172