తీరు

See also: తిరు

Telugu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil தீர் (tīr, “to end, solve”), Malayalam തീരുക (tīruka), തീർക്കുക (tīṟkkuka).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t̪iːɾu/

Verb

తీరు • (tīru)

to end, stop, cease, elapse
to be possible

Noun

తీరు • (tīru) ? (plural తీళ్ళు)

manner, way, mode, fashion, style

References

"తీరు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 535
"తీరు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1412
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “tīr”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 286.

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