వృకము

Telugu

Alternative forms

వృకం (vr̥kaṁ)

Etymology

From Sanskrit वृक (vṛka) + -ము (-mu), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wŕ̥kas (“wolf”), from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (“wolf”). Cognate with Persian (gorg), Avestan 𐬬𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬋 (vəhrkō), Latin lupus, Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos), Lithuanian vilkas. Native grammarians etymologize it as "the tearer" and connect it to root √vrasc, compare वृक्ण (vṛkṇa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʋrikamu]

Noun

వృకము • (vr̥kamu) ? (plural వృకములు)

wolf
dog

Derived terms

వృకోదరుడు (vr̥kōdaruḍu)

References

"వృకము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1202

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