"Telugu" meaning in English

See Telugu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈtɛ.lʊ.ɡuː/ [UK] Audio: En-us-Telugu.ogg [US]
Etymology: Borrowed from Telugu తెలుగు (telugu). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|te|తెలుగు|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Telugu తెలుగు (telugu), {{bor+|en|te|తెలుగు}} Borrowed from Telugu తెలుగు (telugu) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Telugu
  1. A Dravidian language of India. Categories (topical): Languages, Writing systems Synonyms: Gentoo Translations (Dravidian language of India): لغَة تيلوغو (lūḡat tilūḡū) [feminine] (Arabic), تِيلُوغُو (tilūḡū) [masculine] (Arabic), تِيلُجُو (tilugū) [masculine] (Arabic), տելուգու (telugu) (Armenian), telugu (Asturian), telugu (Basque), তেলুগু ভাষা (telugu bhaśa) (Bengali), telugu (Bikol Central), তেলুগু ঠার (Bishnupriya Manipuri), telougoueg (Breton), telugu (Catalan), 泰盧固語 (Chinese Mandarin), 泰卢固语 (Tàilúgùyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), telugština (Czech), telugu (Danish), ތެލުގޫ (telugū) (Dhivehi), Telugu [neuter] (Dutch), telugua lingvo (Esperanto), telugure (Farefare), telugu (Finnish), télougou (French), lingua telugúa (Galician), ტელუგუ (ṭelugu) (Georgian), Telugisch [neuter] (German), Telugu [neuter] (German), τελούγκου (teloúgkou) (Greek), તેલુગુ ભાષા (telugu bhāṣā) (Gujarati), તેલુગુ (telugu) [feminine] (Gujarati), तेलुगू (telugū) (Hindi), तेलुगु भाषा (telugu bhāṣā) (Hindi), तेलुगु (telugu) [feminine] (Hindi), telugu (Hungarian), telúgú (Icelandic), bahasa Telugu (Indonesian), Teileagúis [feminine] (Irish), lingua telugu (Italian), テルグ語 (Terugu-go) (alt: テルグご) (Japanese), ತೆಲುಗು (telugu) (Kannada), 텔루구어 (Tellugueo) (Korean), telugų kalba (Lithuanian), bahasa Telugu (Malay), തെലുഗു (telugu) (Malayalam), തെലുങ്ക് (teluṅkŭ) [common] (Malayalam), तेलुगु (telugu) (Newar), telugu (Norwegian), język telugu (Polish), língua telugu (Portuguese), telugo [masculine] (Portuguese), telinga [masculine] (Portuguese), telugu simi (Quechua), те́лугу (télugu) [masculine] (Russian), तेलुगु (telugu) (Sanskrit), телугу језик [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), telugu jezik [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), telugú [masculine] (Spanish), telugu (Swedish), தெலுங்கு (teluṅku) (Tamil), తెలుగు (telugu) (Telugu), ภาษาเตลูกู (paasăa dtàylugu) (Thai), Telugu dili (Turkish), Teluguca (Turkish), телугу (teluhu) (Ukrainian), телунгу (telunhu) [feminine] (Ukrainian), تیلگو (telugū) (Urdu), تلنگی (tilaṅgī) (Urdu), telugu (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-Telugu-en-name-tTkYri2E Disambiguation of Languages: 81 19 Disambiguation of Writing systems: 68 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɛ.lʊ.ɡuː/ [UK] Audio: En-us-Telugu.ogg [US] Forms: Telugus [plural], Telugu [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Telugu తెలుగు (telugu). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|te|తెలుగు|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Telugu తెలుగు (telugu), {{bor+|en|te|తెలుగు}} Borrowed from Telugu తెలుగు (telugu) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Telugu}} Telugu (plural Telugus or Telugu)
  1. A member of the Telugu ethnic group. Categories (topical): Ethnonyms Synonyms: Telugoo, Teloogoo Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Telugu terms Translations (member of the people who speak it): Telugu [masculine] (Dutch), teluguga (Farefare), Télougou [masculine] (French), Télougoue [feminine] (French), તેલુગુ (telugu) (Gujarati), तेलुगु (telugu) (Hindi), तेलुगू (telugū) (Hindi), テルグ語話者 (alt: テルグごわしゃ (Terugu-go washa)) (Japanese), те́лугу (tɛ́lugu) [masculine] (Russian), telugú (Spanish), телугу (teluhu) (Ukrainian), телунгу (telunhu) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Telugu-en-noun-H2hyk8U7 Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 41 59

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "member of the people who speak it",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Telugu"
    },
    {
      "code": "gur",
      "lang": "Farefare",
      "sense": "member of the people who speak it",
      "word": "teluguga"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "member of the people who speak it",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Télougou"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "member of the people who speak it",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Télougoue"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "telugu",
      "sense": "member of the people who speak it",
      "word": "તેલુગુ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "telugu",
      "sense": "member of the people who speak it",
      "word": "तेलुगु"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "telugū",
      "sense": "member of the people who speak it",
      "word": "तेलुगू"
    },
    {
      "alt": "テルグごわしゃ (Terugu-go washa)",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "member of the people who speak it",
      "word": "テルグ語話者"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tɛ́lugu",
      "sense": "member of the people who speak it",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "те́лугу"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "member of the people who speak it",
      "word": "telugú"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "teluhu",
      "sense": "member of the people who speak it",
      "word": "телугу"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "telunhu",
      "sense": "member of the people who speak it",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "телунгу"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Telugu"
}

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