పోరాడు

See also: పౌరుడు, పరుడు, పరుండు, and -పరుడు

Telugu

Etymology

Compound of పోరు (pōru, “fight, quarrel, struggle”) +‎ ఆడు (āḍu, “to do”). Cognate with Kannada ಹೋರಾಡು (hōrāḍu), Malayalam പോരാടുക (pōrāṭuka), Tamil போராடு (pōrāṭu).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /poːɾaːɖu/

Verb

పోరాడు • (pōrāḍu) (causal పోరాడించు)

To fight.
Synonyms: పోరు (pōru), కొట్లాడు (koṭlāḍu), కలహించు (kalahiñcu)

Derived terms

పోరాట (pōrāṭa, “fight, quarrel, struggle”)

References

"పోరు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 820

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