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). Related to ఊర (ūra).

Noun

ఊరు • (ūru) n (plural ఊళ్ళు)

1. A village, town

Derived terms

• ఊరేగించు (ūrēgiñcu)
• ఊరేగింపు (ūrēgimpu)
• ఊరేగు (ūrēgu)
• కల్లూరు (kallūru)
• కారూరు (kārūru)
• పావులూరు (pāvulūru)
• పొందూరు (pondūru)
• పొత్తూరు (pottūru)
• మణుగూరు (maṇugūru)

 

Etymology 2

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

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

• ఊట (ūṭa)
• ఊరగాయ (ūragāya)
• ఊరించు (ūriñcu)

 

References

• Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003) “Dravidians: prehistory and culture”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 8
• [1] in A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary by T. Burrow and M. B. Emeneau
• L. Chakradhara Rao et al, editors (1978-1995), “ఊరు”, in తెలుగు వ్యుత్పత్తికోశం [Telugu Etymological Dictionary] (in Telugu), Visakhapatnam (Waltair): Andhra University Press and Publications