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పలుకు

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Telugu

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Cognate with పనుచు (panucu, to send, command), Tamil பணி (paṇi, to speak, say), Malayalam പണിക്ക (paṇikka​, to speak), Kannada ಪನವು (panavu, place appointed for meeting).[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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పలుకు (paluku)

  1. To speak.
  2. To sound, ring.

Derived terms

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Noun

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పలుకు (palukun (plural పలుకులు)

  1. speaking
  2. utterance, expression, a thing said
    Synonyms: మాట (māṭa), నుడి (nuḍi)
  3. word
    Synonyms: మాట (māṭa), నుడి (nuḍi)
  4. language
    Synonyms: నుడి (nuḍi), భాష (bhāṣa)
  5. bit, piece
    Synonyms: ముక్క (mukka), వ్రక్క (vrakka), తునక (tunaka), పరియ (pariya), ఖండము (khaṇḍamu)

References

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  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “3887”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 347.