Used in a Sentence

telugu

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for telugu.

Editorial note

The vice president's wife is a Telugu Brahmin, and the director of the FBI is a Gujarati Patidar.

Examples15
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A Dravidian language of India.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of telugu gathered in one view.

noun

A Dravidian language of India.

noun

An ethnic group of southern India.

noun

A member of the Telugu ethnic group.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for telugu.

noun

A Dravidian language of India.

noun

An ethnic group of southern India.

noun

A member of the Telugu ethnic group.

Example sentences

1

The vice president's wife is a Telugu Brahmin, and the director of the FBI is a Gujarati Patidar.

2

We looked at the Cannon typewriter and asked why can't this support Telugu and Tamil etc.

3

These were captured well in Telugu Drama 'KanyaSulkam' as an effort to get rid of evil.

4

Recently my friend was approached by a Telugu broker stating that he would pay 10k for a part time job...

5

The Telugu word is the formal name (corresponding to mother on Wikipedia).

6

In spoken Telugu today, 'amma' is far more common than 'talli'.

7

The results were just spam links in Chinese, Telugu and Russian.

8

Yes, Telugu is my mother-tongue and Kannada is my first-language.

9

And while all that’s going on, I’ll be learning Telugu better, and it will laugh at me with its average of 2.5 syllables per digit.

10

Interestingly, 'mama' in Telugu is uncle.

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> In spoken Telugu today, 'amma' is far more common than 'talli'.

12

I do not yet speak enough Telugu or Hindi or Urdu to be useful, and cannot read Hindi or Urdu at all; but I’m a foreigner who grew up on English only, rather rare around here, so let’s consider native Indians instead.

Proper noun examples

1

In Telugu, k is one of the smoother letters: కి ( ki: the squiggle at the top is the i vowel sign).

2

And many ( many ) come from other parts of India (or even Nepal) and can’t speak Telugu.

3

If kannada is difficult to learn, the same can be said of Telugu, whose script is close to kannada.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use telugu in a sentence?

The vice president's wife is a Telugu Brahmin, and the director of the FBI is a Gujarati Patidar.

What does telugu mean?

A Dravidian language of India.

What part of speech is telugu?

telugu is commonly used as noun.