पीरू
Hindi
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Portuguese peru. Alternatively, from Persian پیل مرغ (pil morğ, literally “elephant chicken”) (compare modern فیلمرغ (fil-morğ)).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editपीरू • (pīrū) m (Urdu spelling پیرو)
Declension
editDeclension 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