శవము

Telugu

Alternative forms

శవం (śavaṁ)

Etymology

From Sanskrit शव (śava) +‎ -ము (-mu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕaʋamu/, [ʃaʋamu]

Noun

శవము • (śavamu) n (plural శవములు)

1. corpse, carcass

   Synonym: పీనుగు (pīnugu)

Derived terms

• శవపరీక్ష (śavaparīkṣa, “autopsy”)
• శవాసనము (śavāsanamu, “corpse-like yoga pose”)

References

• "శవము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1252
• శవము at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)