long vowel meaning in Telugu
దీర్ఘము dīrghamu
long vowel in Telugu: దీర్ఘము (dīrghamu). In English, long vowel means a vowel which is normally pronounced somewhat longer than other vowels (usually around 1½ to 2½ times the length of a short vowel); represented in the IPA by the addition of a colon-like symbol (ː, triangular colon), such as /aː/.
Telugu words for long vowel
- a long vowel
- దీర్ఘము dīrghamu
English meaning of long vowel
- noun A vowel which is normally pronounced somewhat longer than other vowels (usually around 1½ to 2½ times the length of a short vowel); represented in the IPA by the addition of a colon-like symbol (ː, triangular colon), such as /aː/.
- noun Any of the vowels or diphthongs resulting from the Great Vowel Shift's effect on Middle English's original long vowels, and best exhibited in the names of the vowel letters A, E, I, O, U. In American lexicography their pronunciation is indicated by a macron, as, ē.
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Questions about long vowel in Telugu
- What is the meaning of long vowel in Telugu?
- Long vowel in Telugu is దీర్ఘము (dīrghamu).
- long vowel అంటే తెలుగులో అర్థం ఏమిటి?
- Long vowel: దీర్ఘము (dīrghamu).
- What does long vowel mean in English?
- Long vowel means a vowel which is normally pronounced somewhat longer than other vowels (usually around 1½ to 2½ times the length of a short vowel); represented in the IPA by the addition of a colon-like symbol (ː, triangular colon), such as /aː/.
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Telugu words from Wiktionary's Telugu entries whose English meaning is “long vowel”: దీర్ఘము. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: long vowel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Telugu words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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