Where does “సవతిపోరు” come from?

సవతిపోరు (Telugu) comes from Telugu పోరు, from Proto-Dravidian pōr — fight, battle.

సవతిపోరు (Telugu): a quarrel between two wives

Definitions

  1. a quarrel between two wives

Ancestry of “సవతిపోరు”, step by step

సవతిపోరు traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu పోరు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TeluguపోరుTo fight, struggle, quarrel; A fight, combat,...
2Proto-Dravidianpōrfight, battle

via Telugu సవతి

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TeluguసవతిA fellow wife
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