Telugu

noun

Tel·​u·​gu ˈte-lə-ˌgü 

plural Telugu or Telugus

1

: a member of the largest group of people in Telangana, India

2

: the Dravidian language of the Telugu people

Examples of Telugu in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Season 2 spans the Koshur/Hindi, Tamil, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Telugu, Haryanvi, Urdu and Kannada languages. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026

For the traditional Telugu Hindu ceremony, their priest translated Sanskrit to English in real time, and the mandap was designed as a circle to represent how life flows into itself for eternity. — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2026

Additional Telugu productions and Indian animation films are in line to use the facility. — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Language The Tulu language is one of the Dravidian languages, a family that includes Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu. — Andrew Pereira, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Aug. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Telugu telũgu, tenũngu

First Known Use

1789, in the meaning defined at sense 1