Telugu Etymology From మారు (māru) + -గా (-gā). Adverb మారుగా • (mārugā) instead of, in lieu of నాకు మారుగా పోయినాడు.nāku mārugā pōyināḍu.He went in my place, instead of me. References "మారు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 978Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.