దీర్ఘము

Telugu

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit दीर्घ (dīrgha) + -ము (-mu), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *drHgʰa-, from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós (long). Cognate with Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎥 (darga), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬔𐬀 (darǝga-, long), Latin longus, Old Church Slavonic дльгъ (dlĭgŭ).

Adjective

దీర్ఘము (dīrghamu)

  1. long

Derived terms

Noun

దీర్ఘము (dīrghamu) ? (plural దీర్ఘములు)

  1. A long vowel.
  2. The sign or the conjunct form of a long vowel, particularly of (ā).

References

  • “దీర్ఘము” in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 598
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