पेरू

See also: पर, पुर, पुरु, पुर्, पूर, and पैर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from English Peru.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /peː.ɾuː/

Proper noun

पेरू • (perū) m

1. Peru (a country in South America)

Declension

Declension of पेरू (sg-only masc ū-stem)

	singular
direct	पेरू perū
oblique	पेरू perū
vocative	पेरू perū

Marathi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.ɾu/, [pe.ɾuː]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese pera (“pear”). Compare Gujarati પેરુ (peru), Bengali পেয়ারা (peẏara), Malayalam പേര (pēra), Swahili pera, Ngazidja Comorian pera.

Noun

पेरू • (perū) m

1. guava

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English Peru.

Proper noun

पेरू • (perū) m

1. Peru (a country in South America)

References

• Berntsen Date, Molesworth, Tulpule/Feldhaus Vaze (2022) “पेरू”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Marathi Dictionaries]