Telugu

See also: telugu, telugú, telúgu, and telugų

English

Alternative forms

• Telegu, Telugoo, Teloogoo

Etymology

Borrowed from Telugu తెలుగు (telugu).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.lʊ.ɡuː/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Telugu

1. A Dravidian language of India.

   Synonym: Gentoo

   • 2019, Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift, Hogarth, page 497:

     The train rumbled between narrow buildings with flat roofs and multicoloured walls, Telugu script crawling like creepers over them.

2. An ethnic group of southern India.

Derived terms

• Teluguland
• Tenglish
• Tollywood

Translations

Dravidian language of India

• Arabic: لغَة تيلوغو f (lūḡat tilūḡū), تِيلُوغُو m (tilūḡū), تِيلُجُو m (tilugū)
• Armenian: տելուգու (hy) (telugu)
• Asturian: telugu
• Basque: telugu (eu)
• Bengali: তেলুগু ভাষা (bn) (telugu bhaśa)
• Bikol:

  Central Bikol: telugu

• Breton: telougoueg
• Catalan: telugu
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 泰盧固語 / 泰卢固语 (zh) (Tàilúgùyǔ)

• Czech: telugština
• Danish: telugu (da)
• Dhivehi: ތެލުގޫ (telugū)
• Dutch: Telugu (nl) n
• Esperanto: telugua lingvo
• Farefare: telugure
• Finnish: telugu (fi)
• French: télougou (fr)
• Galician: lingua telugúa
• Georgian: ტელუგუ (ṭelugu)
• German: Telugisch n, Telugu (de) n
• Greek: τελούγκου (el) (teloúgkou)
• Gujarati: તેલુગુ ભાષા (telugu bhāṣā), તેલુગુ (gu) f (telugu)
• Hindi: तेलुगू (telugū), तेलुगु भाषा (telugu bhāṣā), तेलुगु (hi) f (telugu)
• Hungarian: telugu (hu)
• Icelandic: telúgú
• Indonesian: bahasa Telugu
• Irish: Teileagúis f
• Italian: lingua telugu (it)
• Japanese: テルグ語 (ja) (テルグご, Terugu-go)
• Kannada: ತೆಲುಗು (kn) (telugu)
• Korean: 텔루구어 (Tellugueo)
• Kyrgyz: телугуча (ky) (teluguca)
• Lithuanian: telugų (lt) kalba
• Malay: bahasa Telugu
• Malayalam: തെലുഗു (ml) (telugu), തെലുങ്ക് (ml) (teluṅkŭ) (more common)
• Manipuri:

  Bishnupriya Manipuri: তেলুগু ঠার

• Newar: तेलुगु (telugu)
• Norwegian: telugu
• Polish: język telugu (pl)
• Portuguese: língua telugu (pt), telugo m, telinga (pt) m
• Quechua: telugu simi
• Russian: те́лугу (ru) m (télugu)
• Sanskrit: तेलुगु (telugu)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: телугу језик

  Latin: telugu jezik (sh)

• Spanish: telugú (es) m
• Swedish: telugu (sv)
• Tamil: தெலுங்கு (ta) (teluṅku)
• Telugu: తెలుగు (te) (telugu)
• Thai: ภาษาเตลูกู (paasăa dtàylugu)
• Turkish: Telugu dili (tr), Teluguca
• Ukrainian: телугу (uk) (teluhu), телунгу f (telunhu)
• Urdu: تیلگو (telugū), تلنگی (tilaṅgī)
• Welsh: telugu (cy)

Noun

Telugu (plural Telugus or Telugu)

1. A member of the Telugu ethnic group.

Translations

member of the people who speak it

• Bengali: তেলুগু (bn) (telugu)
• Dutch: Telugu (nl) m
• Farefare: teluguga
• French: Télougou (fr) m, Télougoue (fr) f
• Gujarati: તેલુગુ (gu) (telugu)
• Hindi: तेलुगु (hi) (telugu), तेलुगू (telugū)
• Japanese: テルグ語話者 (テルグごわしゃ (Terugu-go washa))
• Russian: те́лугу (ru) m (tɛ́lugu)
• Spanish: telugú (es)
• Tamil: தெலுங்கர் c (teluṅkar)
• Ukrainian: телугу (uk) (teluhu), телунгу f (telunhu)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Telugu terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code te, ISO 639-3 code tel (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Telugu, tel ⁠

Dutch

Etymology

From Telugu తెలుగు (telugu).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Telugu n

1. Telugu; a Dravidian language of India

Noun

Telugu m (plural Telugu's, diminutive Teluguutje n)

1. a Telugu; a member of the people who speak the Telugu language

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Telugu తెలుగు (telugu).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Telugu n (proper noun, strong, genitive Telugu or Telugus)

1. Telugu (a language spoken in parts of India)

Holonyms

• Drawidisch