തെലുങ്ക്

Borrowed from Telugu తెలుంగు (teluṅgu), an older form of తెలుగు (telugu), itself probably from Proto-Dravidian *teṉ (“south”). Compare Tamil தெலுங்கு (teluṅku). Doublet of തെലുഗു (telugu), a later borrowing.

• IPA^(key): /t̪eluŋɡə̆/

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തെലുങ്ക് • (teluṅkŭ)

The word 'Telugu' in the Telugu script

1. Telugu; a South-Central Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the southern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

   Synonyms: തെലുഗു (telugu), വടുകം (vaṭukaṁ)

2. The Telugu script; the alphasyllabary used to write the Telugu language.

തെലുങ്ക് • (teluṅkŭ)

1. Of or pertaining to the Telugu language or it's speakers.

• The form തെലുങ്ക് (teluṅkŭ) is more common than the term തെലുഗു (telugu), which is a later borrowing from modern Telugu.

• Gundert, Hermann (1872) “തെലുങ്കു”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “teluṅku”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• https://dict.sayahna.org/stv/56485/
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