ఊరికె

Telugu

Alternative forms

ఊరక (ūraka), ఊరికే (ūrikē), ఊరకనే (ūrakanē)

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Negative form of ఉరు (uru, “to be fit”), itself cognate with Tamil உறு (uṟu, “to be, exist”)?”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /uːɾike/

Adverb

ఊరికె • (ūrike)

without
for nothing
silently, merely, idly, in vain
without cause, of itself, spontaneously, voluntarily, causelessly
without employment: unoccupied, empty, vacant

References

"ఊరికె" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 81
"ఊరికె" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 176