What does "telugu" mean?

A member of the Telugu ethnic group.

Telugu

Common synonyms include: telugu language, dravidian language, south indian language, telugu ethnicity, telugu orthographic, telugu person.

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Noun

1
A member of the Telugu ethnic group.
2
a Dravidian language spoken by the Telugu in southeastern India wordnet
3
a member of the people in southeastern India (Andhra Pradesh) who speak the Telugu language wordnet

Proper Noun

1
A Dravidian language of India.
"The train rumbled between narrow buildings with flat roofs and multicoloured walls, Telugu script crawling like creepers over them."
2
An ethnic group of southern India.

"Of the Dravidian languages, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam have the most speakers."

Borrowed from Telugu తెలుగు (telugu).