पीरू
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Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Portuguese peru. Alternatively, from Persian پیل مرغ (pil morğ, literally “elephant chicken”) (compare modern فیلمرغ (fil-morğ)).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]पीरू • (pīrū) m (Urdu spelling پیرو)
Declension
[edit]Declension of पीरू (masc ū-stem)
Alternative forms
[edit]- पीलू (pīlū)
References
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पीरू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press