पीरू
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese peru. Alternatively, from Persian پیل مرغ (pil morğ, literally “elephant chicken”) (compare modern فیلمرغ (fil-morğ)).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /piː.ɾuː/
Declension
Alternative forms
- पीलू (pīlū)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पीरू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
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