నేరుగా

See also: నరగ

Telugu

Etymology

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Particularly: “From an unattested నేరు (nēru) + -గా (-gā). The former seems to be cognate with Tamil நேர் (nēr, “straightness, directness”), Kannada ನೇರ (nēra), Malayalam നേർ (nēṟ).”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /neːɾuɡaː/

Adverb

నేరుగా • (nērugā)

in a straight manner; straight, direct

References

"నేరుగా" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 681
"నేరుగా" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 306
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “nēr”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 337.