name
Meaning 1
A Dravidian language of India.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Gentoo
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Telugu
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈtɛ.lʊ.ɡuː/
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name
Meaning 2
An ethnic group of southern India.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A member of the Telugu ethnic group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a Dravidian language spoken by the Telugu in southeastern India
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: South-Central Dravidian
noun
Meaning 5
a member of the people in southeastern India (Andhra Pradesh) who speak the Telugu language
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Dravidian
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Telugu తెలుగు (telugu).
Across languages
Translations
80 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: لغَة تيلوغو (lūḡat tilūḡū) — Dravidian language of India
- Arabic: تِيلُوغُو (tilūḡū) — Dravidian language of India
- Arabic: تِيلُجُو (tilugū) — Dravidian language of India
- Armenian: տելուգու (telugu) — Dravidian language of India
- Asturian: telugu — Dravidian language of India
- Basque: telugu — Dravidian language of India
- Bengali: তেলুগু ভাষা (telugu bhaśa) — Dravidian language of India
- Central Bikol: telugu — Dravidian language of India
- Breton: telougoueg — Dravidian language of India
- Catalan: telugu — Dravidian language of India
- Chinese Mandarin: 泰盧固語 /泰卢固语 (Tàilúgùyǔ) — Dravidian language of India
- Czech: telugština — Dravidian language of India
- Danish: telugu — Dravidian language of India
- Dhivehi: ތެލުގޫ (telugū) — Dravidian language of India
- Dutch: Telugu — Dravidian language of India
- Esperanto: telugua lingvo — Dravidian language of India
- Farefare: telugure — Dravidian language of India
- Finnish: telugu — Dravidian language of India
- French: télougou — Dravidian language of India
- Galician: lingua telugúa — Dravidian language of India
- Georgian: ტელუგუ (ṭelugu) — Dravidian language of India
- German: Telugisch — Dravidian language of India
- German: Telugu — Dravidian language of India
- Greek: τελούγκου (teloúgkou) — Dravidian language of India
- Gujarati: તેલુગુ ભાષા (telugu bhāṣā) — Dravidian language of India
- Gujarati: તેલુગુ (telugu) — Dravidian language of India
- Hindi: तेलुगू (telugū) — Dravidian language of India
- Hindi: तेलुगु भाषा (telugu bhāṣā) — Dravidian language of India
- Hindi: तेलुगु (telugu) — Dravidian language of India
- Hungarian: telugu — Dravidian language of India
- Icelandic: telúgú — Dravidian language of India
- Indonesian: bahasa Telugu — Dravidian language of India
- Irish: Teileagúis — Dravidian language of India
- Italian: lingua telugu — Dravidian language of India
- Japanese: テルグ語 (Terugu-go) — Dravidian language of India
- Kannada: ತೆಲುಗು (telugu) — Dravidian language of India
- Korean: 텔루구어 (Tellugueo) — Dravidian language of India
- Kyrgyz: телугуча (teluguca) — Dravidian language of India
- Lithuanian: telugų kalba — Dravidian language of India
- Malay: bahasa Telugu — Dravidian language of India
- Malayalam: തെലുഗു (telugu) — Dravidian language of India
- Malayalam: തെലുങ്ക് (teluṅkŭ) — Dravidian language of India
- Bishnupriya Manipuri: তেলুগু ঠার — Dravidian language of India
- Newar: तेलुगु (telugu) — Dravidian language of India
- Norwegian: telugu — Dravidian language of India
- Polish: język telugu — Dravidian language of India
- Portuguese: língua telugu — Dravidian language of India
- Portuguese: telugo — Dravidian language of India
- Portuguese: telinga — Dravidian language of India
- Quechua: telugu simi — Dravidian language of India
- Russian: те́лугу (télugu) — Dravidian language of India
- Sanskrit: तेलुगु (telugu) — Dravidian language of India
- Serbo-Croatian: телугу језик — Dravidian language of India
- Serbo-Croatian: telugu jezik — Dravidian language of India
- Spanish: telugú — Dravidian language of India
- Swedish: telugu — Dravidian language of India
- Tamil: தெலுங்கு (teluṅku) — Dravidian language of India
- Telugu: తెలుగు (telugu) — Dravidian language of India
- Thai: ภาษาเตลูกู (paasăa dtàylugu) — Dravidian language of India
- Turkish: Telugu dili — Dravidian language of India
- Turkish: Teluguca — Dravidian language of India
- Ukrainian: телугу (teluhu) — Dravidian language of India
- Ukrainian: телунгу (telunhu) — Dravidian language of India
- Urdu: تیلگو (telugū) — Dravidian language of India
- Urdu: تلنگی (tilaṅgī) — Dravidian language of India
- Welsh: telugu — Dravidian language of India
- Bengali: তেলুগু (telugu) — member of the people who speak it
- Dutch: Telugu — member of the people who speak it
- Farefare: teluguga — member of the people who speak it
- French: Télougou — member of the people who speak it
- French: Télougoue — member of the people who speak it
- Gujarati: તેલુગુ (telugu) — member of the people who speak it
- Hindi: तेलुगु (telugu) — member of the people who speak it
- Hindi: तेलुगू (telugū) — member of the people who speak it
- Japanese: テルグ語話者 — member of the people who speak it
- Russian: те́лугу (tɛ́lugu) — member of the people who speak it
- Spanish: telugú — member of the people who speak it
- Tamil: தெலுங்கர் (teluṅkar) — member of the people who speak it
- Ukrainian: телугу (teluhu) — member of the people who speak it
- Ukrainian: телунгу (telunhu) — member of the people who speak it
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