Telugu

[ tel-uh-goo ]

/ ˈtɛl əˌgu /

a Dravidian language spoken mainly in Andhra Pradesh state, SE India.

a member of the people speaking this language.

of Telugu or the Telugu.

Also Telegu.

Example sentences from the Web for telugu

In its place came something which, striving to fuse Urdu and Telugu, seemed to devalue both.

India’s Newest State Telangana Is Bosnia Redux |Kranti Rai |March 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Satya Nadella, the new CEO of Microsoft, is a Telugu, as is Nina Davuluri, the reigning Miss USA.

India’s Newest State Telangana Is Bosnia Redux |Kranti Rai |March 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Besides, the tremendous rage that had built up within his Telugu subjects needed a release.

India’s Newest State Telangana Is Bosnia Redux |Kranti Rai |March 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The Telugu recovery, such as it was, was a few centuries away.

India’s Newest State Telangana Is Bosnia Redux |Kranti Rai |March 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

To its proponents Andhra was the meridian, after 600 years of division and dispersal, of Telugu civilization.

India’s Newest State Telangana Is Bosnia Redux |Kranti Rai |March 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Certain mistakes are found in all alike, and probably arose from some illegible readings in the old Telugu original.

The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha |Madhava Acharya
Perike Muggula is the name of a class of Telugu mendicants and exorcists.

Castes and Tribes of Southern India |Edgar Thurston
It is further a Telugu name sometimes applied to Muhammadans.

Castes and Tribes of Southern India |Edgar Thurston
It is called kalas—the kalasam of the Tamil and Telugu countries—and is a common symbol of the deity.

Castes and Tribes of Southern India |Edgar Thurston
They are a Telugu-speaking people, and the caste is organised on the same lines as many other Telugu castes.

Castes and Tribes of Southern India |Edgar Thurston

Telugu

/ (ˈtɛləˌɡuː) /

a language of SE India, belonging to the Dravidian family of languages: the state language of Andhra Pradesh

plural -gus or -gu a member of the people who speak this language

of or relating to this people or their language