మ్రోయు

Telugu

Alternative forms

• మొరయు (morayu), మ్రోగు (mrōgu), మ్రోవు (mrōvu), మోగు (mōgu)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil முரல் (mural, “to make sound, cry, sing”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɾoːju/
• Rhymes: -యు

Verb

మ్రోయు • (mrōyu) (causal మ్రోయించు)

1. To sound, ring, tinkle.
2. To resound, echo, reverberate.

Derived terms

• మ్రోత (mrōta, “noise, roar, yell”)

References

• "మ్రోయు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1047
• "మ్రోయు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1057
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “mural”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 446.