Meanings
alternative Telegu · alternative Telugoo · alternative Teloogoo
- A Dravidian language of India.
The female dancer Aishwarya Balasubramanian responded to a poem in the Telugu language about the male god Shiva.
2015 August 30, Alastair Macaulay, “Review: At Indian Dance Festival, Subtleties in the Sway of a Torso”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Jun 20221 more example
The train rumbled between narrow buildings with flat roofs and multicoloured walls, Telugu script crawling like creepers over them.
2019, Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift, Hogarth, page 497Synonyms: Gentoo
- An ethnic group of southern India.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA Dravidian language of India.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna Dravidian language spoken by the Telugu in southeastern India
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Teluguతెలుగు
- Teluguతెలుగు
- EnglishTelugu
Borrowed from Telugu తెలుగు (telugu).
More words from Telugu
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic لغَة تيلوغو, تِيلُوغُو
- لغَة تيلوغو (lūḡat tilūḡū)Dravidian language of India
- تِيلُوغُو (tilūḡū)Dravidian language of India
- تِيلُجُو (tilugū)Dravidian language of India
Basque telugu
- teluguDravidian language of India
Bengali তেলুগু ভাষা, তেলুগু
- তেলুগু ভাষা (telugu bhaśa)Dravidian language of India
- তেলুগু (telugu)member of the people who speak it
Catalan telugu
- teluguDravidian language of India
Chinese Mandarin 泰盧固語 /泰卢固语
- 泰盧固語 /泰卢固语 (Tàilúgùyǔ)Dravidian language of India
Czech telugština
- telugštinaDravidian language of India
Danish telugu
- teluguDravidian language of India
Dutch Telugu, Telugu
- TeluguDravidian language of India
- Telugumember of the people who speak it
Esperanto telugua lingvo
- telugua lingvoDravidian language of India
Finnish telugu
- teluguDravidian language of India
French télougou, Télougou
- télougouDravidian language of India
- Télougoumember of the people who speak it
- Télougouemember of the people who speak it
German Telugisch, Telugu
- TelugischDravidian language of India
- TeluguDravidian language of India
Greek τελούγκου
- τελούγκου (teloúgkou)Dravidian language of India
Hindi तेलुगू, तेलुगु भाषा
- तेलुगू (telugū)Dravidian language of India
- तेलुगु भाषा (telugu bhāṣā)Dravidian language of India
- तेलुगु (telugu)Dravidian language of India
- तेलुगु (telugu)member of the people who speak it
- तेलुगू (telugū)member of the people who speak it
Hungarian telugu
- teluguDravidian language of India
Icelandic telúgú
- telúgúDravidian language of India
Indonesian bahasa Telugu
- bahasa TeluguDravidian language of India
Irish Teileagúis
- TeileagúisDravidian language of India
Italian lingua telugu
- lingua teluguDravidian language of India
Japanese テルグ語, テルグ語話者
- テルグ語 (Terugu-go)Dravidian language of India
- テルグ語話者member of the people who speak it
Korean 텔루구어
- 텔루구어 (Tellugueo)Dravidian language of India
Lithuanian telugų kalba
- telugų kalbaDravidian language of India
Malay bahasa Telugu
- bahasa TeluguDravidian language of India
Norwegian telugu
- teluguDravidian language of India
Polish język telugu
- język teluguDravidian language of India
Portuguese língua telugu, telugo
- língua teluguDravidian language of India
- telugoDravidian language of India
- telingaDravidian language of India
Russian те́лугу, те́лугу
- те́лугу (télugu)Dravidian language of India
- те́лугу (tɛ́lugu)member of the people who speak it
Spanish telugú, telugú
- telugúDravidian language of India
- telugúmember of the people who speak it
Swedish telugu
- teluguDravidian language of India
Tamil தெலுங்கு, தெலுங்கர்
- தெலுங்கு (teluṅku)Dravidian language of India
- தெலுங்கர் (teluṅkar)member of the people who speak it
Thai ภาษาเตลูกู
- ภาษาเตลูกู (paasăa dtàylugu)Dravidian language of India
Turkish Telugu dili, Teluguca
- Telugu diliDravidian language of India
- TelugucaDravidian language of India
Ukrainian телугу, телунгу
- телугу (teluhu)Dravidian language of India
- телунгу (telunhu)Dravidian language of India
- телугу (teluhu)member of the people who speak it
- телунгу (telunhu)member of the people who speak it
Urdu تیلگو, تلنگی
- تیلگو (telugū)Dravidian language of India
- تلنگی (tilaṅgī)Dravidian language of India
Welsh telugu
- teluguDravidian language of India
Cite this entry
Telugu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Telugu
“Telugu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Telugu. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Telugu,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Telugu.
Source: Telugu on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.