Telugu

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Telugu

  • /ˈtɛ.lʊ.ɡuː/ UK

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Telugu తెలుగు (telugu).

proper noun Telegu · Telugoo · Teloogoo

  1. A Dravidian language of India. The female dancer Aishwarya Balasubramanian responded to a poem in the Telugu language about the male god Shiva.

    Similar: Gentoo

  2. An ethnic group of southern India.

noun Telugus · Telugu · Telegu · Telugoo · Teloogoo

  1. A member of the Telugu ethnic group.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: dravidic, malayalam, konda, malto, dravidian, gondi, tamil, badaga, coorg, dravida, tulu, ravula, manda, middle tamil, malavedan, aranadan

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Every language

name Dravidian language of India

Españoltelugú
한국어텔루구어 Tellugueo
日本語テルグ語 Terugu-go
中文泰盧固語 /泰卢固语 Tàilúgùyǔ
हिन्दीतेलुगू telugū, तेलुगु भाषा telugu bhāṣā, तेलुगु telugu
Portuguêslíngua telugu, telugo, telinga
Françaistélougou
DeutschTelugisch, Telugu
Italianolingua telugu
Ελληνικάτελούγκου teloúgkou
Русскийте́лугу télugu
العربيةلغَة تيلوغو lūḡat tilūḡū, تِيلُوغُو tilūḡū, تِيلُجُو tilugū

noun member of the people who speak it

Españoltelugú
日本語テルグ語話者
हिन्दीतेलुगु telugu, तेलुगू telugū
FrançaisTélougou, Télougoue
Русскийте́лугу tɛ́lugu

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"Telugu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/telugu. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Telugu. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/telugu

Chicago

"Telugu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/telugu.

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@misc{telugu_2026,
  title = {Telugu},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/telugu},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}