హనువు

Telugu

Etymology

From Sanskrit हनु (hanu, “jaw”) +‎ -వు (-vu).

Noun

హనువు • (hanuvu) ? (plural హనువులు)

1. mandible
2. The jaw, the upper part of the cheek.

Related terms

• హనుమ (hanuma)
• హనుమంతుడు (hanumantuḍu)

References

"హనువు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1382