Word history
Wiktionary records టంగుటూరి (ṭaṅguṭūri) as a Telugu surname. The entry derives the surname form ṭaṅguṭūri from the place name ṭaṅguṭūru. The two written forms differ at the end: టంగుటూరి is the surname and టంగుటూరు is the cited place name. The source gives a place-based derivation rather than a literal translation into separate everyday words. It does not document a particular household’s movement from that place.
Sources: Wiktionary contributors · Telugu entry, etymology and surname sense
Literal dictionary sense
ṭaṅguṭūri: From Tanguturu.
Wiktionary contributors · Telugu entry, etymology and surname sense
Native-script forms
Place name
Tanguturu · టంగుటూరు.
Sources and attribution
- Wiktionary contributors · Telugu entry, etymology and surname sense
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