पखेरू

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *पक्षिरूप (pakṣirūpa), from पक्षि (pakṣi, “bird”) +‎ रूप (rūpa, “form”). Cognate with Gujarati પંખેરું (paṅkherũ), Marathi पाखरू (pākhrū).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pə.kʰeː.ɾuː/, [pɐ.kʰeː.ɾuː]

Noun

पखेरू • (pakherū) m (Urdu spelling پکھیرو)

1. bird

   Synonyms: (more common) चिड़िया (ciṛiyā), पक्षी (pakṣī), परिंदा (parindā)

Declension

Declension of पखेरू (masc ū-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पखेरू pakherū	पखेरू pakherū
oblique	पखेरू pakherū	पखेरुओं pakheruõ
vocative	पखेरू pakherū	पखेरुओ pakheruo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पखेरू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pakṣirūpa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press