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Telugu names refer to the naming conventions used by Telugu-speaking people, primarily from the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and the Yanam district of Puducherry. Telugu names are distinctive for their use of a "family name, given name" format, in contrast to Western naming practices where the family name often appears last.
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Speakers of Telugu refer to it as simply Telugu or Telugoo. [45] Older forms of the name include Teluṅgu and Tenuṅgu. [46] Tenugu is derived from the Proto-Dravidian word *ten ("south") [47] to mean "the people who lived in the south/southern direction". The name Telugu, then, is a result of an "n" to "l" alternation established in Telugu ...
Telugu Americans have suffered from hate crimes in America. The most notable of these incidents was the 2017 Olathe, Kansas shooting, in which a white supremacist, Adam Purinton, harassed two Telugu immigrants, Srinivas Kuchibhotla and Alok Madasani, under the pretense that they were Iranians and or illegal immigrants. Purinton proceeded to ...
Ritu Varma (born 1990) is an Indian actress who works in Telugu and Tamil films. After appearing in short films and supporting roles, Varma played the lead role in the Telugu film Pelli Choopulu (2016), for which she received the Nandi Award for Best Actress and the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress – Telugu.
Older forms of the name include Teluṅgu and Tenuṅgu. [50] Tenugu is derived from the Proto-Dravidian word *ten ("south") [51] to mean "the people who lived in the south/southern direction" (relative to Sanskrit and Prakrit-speaking peoples). The name Telugu, then, is a result of an "n" to "l" alternation established in Telugu. [52] [53]
Mahakavi Nandi Thimmana (Telugu: నంది తిమ్మన; c. 15th and 16th centuries CE) was a Telugu poet and an Ashtadiggaja in the imperial court of Emperor Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara. He is often called Mukku Thimmana (lit. ' Thimmana of the nose ') after his celebrated poem on a woman's nose.