వీరము

See also: వరము, వారము, and వైరము

Telugu

Alternative forms

వీరం (vīraṁ)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वीर (vīrá, “heroic, powerful, strong, excellent, eminent”) + -ము (-mu); from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wīrás, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós (“man; husband; warrior, hero”). Cognates include Latin vir, Lithuanian výras, Old Irish fer, Old Norse verr, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂 (wair), Ossetian ир (ir, “Ossetians”) and Old English wer (English were-).

Pronunciation

[vīramu] vīramu.

Adjective

వీరము • (vīramu)

Heroic, brave, exalted.

References

"వీరము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1201

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