ఏరు

IPA^(key): /eːɾu/

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *cēr.

ఏరు • (ēru) ? (plural ఏళ్ళు)

1. plough

   Synonym: నాగలి (nāgali)

Inherited from Old Telugu ఏఱు (ēṟu), from Proto-Dravidian *yĀṯu. Cognate with Manda (India) ଏଯ (ēy), Tamil ஆறு (āṟu), Malayalam ആറ് (āṟŭ), Kuvi ଏ୕ୟୁ (ēyu), Tulu ಉದೆ (ude), Tulu ಹುದೆ (hude).

ఏరు • (ēru) ? (plural ఏళ్ళు)

1. A river.

   ఏరు యెన్ని వంకలు పోయినా, సముద్రములోనే పడవలెను

   ēru yenni vaṅkalu pōyinā, samudramulōnē paḍavalenu

   However many twists the river take, it must fall into the sea at last.

ఏరు • (ēru) (causal ఏరించు)

1. to pick up one after another.

   గింజలేరు

   giñjalēru

   to glean

• "ఏరు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page {{{1}}}
• ఏరు at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)

  L. Chakradhara Rao et al, editors (1978-1995), “ఏరు”, in తెలుగు వ్యుత్పత్తికోశం [Telugu Etymological Dictionary] (in Telugu), Visakhapatnam (Waltair): Andhra University Press and Publications