పరుగు

See also: పెరుగు, పురుగు, పెరుఁగు, and ప్రేగు

Telugu

Alternative forms

పరువు (paruvu)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with పారు (pāru), Tamil பரி (pari, “to run”), Malayalam പരി (pari, “horse”), Kannada ಪರಿ (pari, “to run, flow, proceed”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paɾuɡu/
Audio (TE) (file)
Rhymes: -గు

Noun

పరుగు • (parugu) ? (plural పరుగులు)

running, a run
the distance a man can run, that is, a coss; about two or two and a half miles

References

"పరుగు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 726
Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “pari”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 353.

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