Rutu, Rutū: 3 definitions
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Rutu means something in Marathi, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryrutū (रुतू).—m (Corr. from ṛtu) A season of the year, a period of two months. 2 The menstrual flux. 3 The periodical conception of female animals; the flowering and bearing of fruit-trees &c.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusRutu (ರುತು):—
1) [noun] (correctly, ಋತು [ritu]) 1. any of the six divisions of the year, each extending to a period of two months, characterised by or distinguished from each other by differences in temperature, precipitation, length of the day, etc.; a season.
2) [noun] the periodic flow of blood and sloughed-off tissue from the uterus, discharged through the genital tract, normally about every four weeks in a woman who is not pregnant, from menarche to menopause; menses.
3) [noun] a symbol fo the number six.
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Rutu (ರುತು):—[noun] = ರುತ [ruta]2.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconRutu (ருது) noun < ṛtu.
1. Seasons, of which there are six in a year, viz., vacantarutu, kirīṣmarutu, varṣarutu, caratrutu, ēmantarutu, cicirarutu; வசந்தருது, கிரீஷ்மருதூரந்தாதி, வர்ஷருது, சரத் ருது, ஏமந்தருது, சிசிரருது என்ற ஆறுபருவங்கள். [vasantharuthu, kirishmaruthu, varsharuthu, sarath ruthu, emantharuthu, sisiraruthu enra aruparuvangal.]
2. See இருது [iruthu], 2, 3.
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Rutu kakusi, Rutucanti, Rutudarshana, Rutughuta, Rutughutu, Rutugutu, Rutukala, Rutukalavade, Rutukhutu, Rutumati, Rutupala, Rutusnata, Rutuvanti, Rutuvarttani.
Ends with (+60): Alakerutu, Atamarutu, Attumarutu, Birutu, Biturutu, Caratrutu, Caspipurutu, Cemmarutu, Cenkurutu, Cicirarutu, Cirutu, Copakirutu, Cupakirutu, Curutu, Elumurutu, Emantarutu, Erutu, Guddaligurutu, Gurutu, Heggurutu.
Full-text: Caratrutu, Varsharutu, Kirishmarutu, Emantarutu, Rutu kakusi, Cicirarutu, Vacantarutu, Rutucanti, Elumpuppicakal, Pravatsevana, Rutuvarttani, Icaippu.
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The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) (by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy)
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Folk Tales of Gujarat (and Jhaverchand Meghani) (by Vandana P. Soni)