గవర్నరు

See also: గవర్నర్

Telugu

Alternative forms

• గవర్నర్ (gavarnar)

Etymology

From English governor, from Middle English govenour, from Old French gouvreneur, from Latin gubernator, from Ancient Greek κυβερνήτης (kubernḗtēs, “steersman, pilot, guide”), from κυβερνάω (kubernáō, “to steer, to drive, to guide, to act as a pilot”).

Noun

గవర్నరు • (gavarnaru) ? (plural గవర్నళ్ళు)

1. governor (the leader of a region or state that is a member of a federation or empire)

References

• "గవర్నరు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1401