गेरू

Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑁂𑀭𑀼𑀅 (gerua), from Sanskrit गैरिक (gairika).

Pronunciation edit

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡeː.ɾuː/

Noun edit

गेरू • (gerū) m or f (Urdu spelling گیرو)

ochre (a natural soil pigment; a colour); red ochre, raddle
मेरा मकान गेरू-रंग वाला है।
merā makān gerū-raṅg vālā hai.
My house is the ochre-coloured one.
(regional) red clay soil

Declension edit

Declension of गेरू (masc ū-stem // fem ū-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गेरू gerū	गेरू, गेरुएँ gerū, geruẽ
oblique	गेरू gerū	गेरुओं geruõ
vocative	गेरू gerū	गेरुओ geruo

Derived terms edit

गेरुआ (geruā)

References edit

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गेरू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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