వీర

Telugu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वीर (vīrá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wīrás, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós (“man; husband; warrior, hero”). Cognates include Latin vir, Lithuanian výras, Old Irish fer, Old Norse verr, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂 (wair), Ossetian ир (ir, “Ossetians”) and Old English wer (English were-).

Noun

వీర • (vīra) ? (plural వీరలు)

1. a woman who has a husband and sons

Synonyms

• వీరము (vīramu)

References

• "వీర" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1208
• వీర at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)