దొంగ

See also: దిగు, దాగు, దెంగు, and దాఁగు

Telugu

Etymology

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Particularly: “Cognate with Tamil தொங்கன் (toṅkaṉ, “robber”). Brown considers the word a derivative from the verb తీయు (tīyu, “to take out”).”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d̪oŋɡa/

Noun

దొంగ • (doṅga) ? (plural దొంగలు)

a thief, robber: one who has carried out a theft

Synonyms

చోరుడు (cōruḍu)

References

"దొంగ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 610
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “toṅkaṉ”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 258.