Telugu-English Dictionary/దే

by Peter Percival

దే

దేకు deku, v. w. To creep, or slide, along the ground, on the posteriors.

దేవత devata, s. A deity. 2. A goddess.

దేవర devara, s. Making in the noon. plu. దేవరలు, దేవళ్లు devaralu, deva- llu, A deity, male, or female. This Word, among the natives who wear the lingam, is often applied as an honorific title, to their priests ; it is also used, by all persons, when much deference is meant to be paid to men of superior age, rank, or learning, and may be said to correspond with the English phrases Sir, My Lord, &c.

దేవళము devalamu, s. vide దేవాలయము dev&layamu.

దేవాలయము devalayamu, s. A temple.

దేవి devi, s* Any female deity.

దేవు devu, v. To take rice, <fcc. With the hand, out of water in which it has been washed. 2. To search for; especially in water. దేవులాడు devuladu, To dive into water. 2. To search.

దేవుడు devudu, s. God, the supreme being. 2. Any deity. 3. A cloud.

దేవురించు devurintsu, v. n. To beg humbly ; to implore, or solicit.

దేవేరి deveri, s. A queen.

దేశము desamu, s. A country, terri- tory, land, or district ; a region, whether inhabited, or uninhabited. దేశస్థుడు desasthudu, A man belonging to any particular country; an inhabitant. 2. The appellation of a particular tribe among the brahmans.

దేశికుడు desikudu, s. A Guru, or spiritual teacher.

దేశ్యము desyamu, s. The language of a country, or land. adj. Of or belonging to a land, or country.

దేహము dehamu, 5. The body.