Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Dravidian language spoken in central India.
- noun A member of the Dravidian people who speak Telugu.
- adjective Of or relating to Telugu, its speakers, or their culture.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who speaks the Telugu language. The Telugus number some 20,000,-000, and are one of the most important of the half-civilized Dravidian tribes of southern India. They occupy a considerable stretch of country north and northwest of Madras. Also called
Telingas . - noun The language of the district in the east of the Deccan inhabited by the Telingas: a Dravidian dialect. Also used adjectively.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A Darvidian language spoken in the northern parts of the Madras presidency. In extent of use it is the next language after Hindustani (in its various forms) and Bengali.
- noun One of the people speaking the Telugu language.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the Telugu language, or the Telugus.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A
Dravidian language ofIndia . - proper noun A member of the people who speak the Telugu language.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a Dravidian language spoken by the Telugu in southeastern India
- noun a member of the people in southeastern India (Andhra Pradesh) who speak the Telugu language
Etymologies
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Examples
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In addition to being a model, she has found herself starring in Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada language films, in addition to major Hollywood and Bollywood productions.
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The next U vegetable seems to have a fab following around the world - it is the potato, called Urlagadda in Telugu and Urulaikilangu or just Urulai in Tamil.
Archive 2007-06-01 Nupur 2007
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Shivapriya of My Cookbook uses the sunshine-hued pumpkin, called Gummadikaya in Telugu (the Andhra language) and cooks it into a beautiful, nutritious dal called Gummadikaya Pulusu.
Archive 2007-03-01 Nupur 2007
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Ullipai is onion in Telugu, the language of Andhra Pradesh.
Archive 2007-06-01 Nupur 2007
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As other commentators mentioned, we call it “miriyala” rasam in Telugu, often drink it like soup.
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Earlier, she made a reference to her acting career where she had paired as the leading lady with several actors in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Bhojpuri films.
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The actress, who ruled the roost in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films from 1993 to 1997, revealed about the transformation in her life while speaking at a prayer meeting for film artistes organised in Chennai by Jesus Redeems 'ministries founder Bro.
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Earlier, she made a reference to her acting career where she had paired as the leading lady with several actors in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Bhojpuri films.
WN.com - Articles related to Celina Jaitley asks people to boycott Bombay Gymkhana 2010
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Earlier, she made a reference to her acting career where she had paired as the leading lady with several actors in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Bhojpuri films.
WN.com - Articles related to Celina Jaitley asks people to boycott Bombay Gymkhana 2010
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The actress, who ruled the roost in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films from 1993 to 1997, revealed about the transformation in her life while speaking at a prayer meeting for film artistes organised in Chennai by Jesus Redeems 'ministries founder Bro.
WN.com - Articles related to Celina Jaitley asks people to boycott Bombay Gymkhana 2010
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