Where does “ఱంకుబోతు” come from?

ఱంకుబోతు (Telugu) comes from Telugu పోతు, from Proto-Dravidian *pōntt- — male of an animal/bird.

ఱంకుబోతు (Telugu): An adulterer

Definitions

  1. An adulterer

Ancestry of “ఱంకుబోతు”, step by step

ఱంకుబోతు traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu పోతు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TeluguపోతుThe male of certain birds, animals and plants
2Proto-Dravidian*pōntt-male of an animal/bird

via Telugu ఱంకు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguఱంకుadultery, fornication, whoredom
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