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
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Written, directed and produced by Dhar, with Jyoti Deshpande and Lokesh Dhar also producing, the film released in the Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam languages.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Apr. 2026
In the southeastern Indian languages Tamil and Telugu the words for tea are tēnīr and tēnīru, respectively.
—Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Mar. 2026
And people reporting such incidents, along with video and photos, can do so in one of 42 languages, including Swahili, Amharic, Pashto, Urdu, Tamil, Hmong, Nepali, Kinyarwanda, Telugu, Somali, Tigrinya, and many others.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2026
Velcheru Narayana Rao, the finest connoisseur of Telugu in our generation, initiated me into the mysteries of Andhra culture, and Eileen and I lived for long, happy periods, once with our youngest son, Edan, in Andhra Pradesh.
—Dahlia Krutkovich, The New York Review of Books, 14 Mar. 2026
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Apr. 2026
In the southeastern Indian languages Tamil and Telugu the words for tea are tēnīr and tēnīru, respectively.
—Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Mar. 2026
And people reporting such incidents, along with video and photos, can do so in one of 42 languages, including Swahili, Amharic, Pashto, Urdu, Tamil, Hmong, Nepali, Kinyarwanda, Telugu, Somali, Tigrinya, and many others.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2026
Velcheru Narayana Rao, the finest connoisseur of Telugu in our generation, initiated me into the mysteries of Andhra culture, and Eileen and I lived for long, happy periods, once with our youngest son, Edan, in Andhra Pradesh.
—Dahlia Krutkovich, The New York Review of Books, 14 Mar. 2026
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“Telugu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Telugu. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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