పూవు

Telugu

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *pū. Cognates include Tamil பூ (pū), Malayalam പൂവ് (pūvŭ), Kannada ಹೂವು (hūvu), Tulu ಪೂ (pū).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /puːʋu/

Noun

పూవు • (pūvu) n (plural పూవులు)

  1. flower
    Synonym: పుష్పము (puṣpamu)
  2. (pathology) cataract
    Synonyms: పొర (pora), పటలము (paṭalamu)
  3. (typography) asterisk, star

References
  • Brown-1903, Gwynn (2022) “పూవు”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Telugu Dictionaries]
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