पेवड़ी
Hindi
editEtymology
editInherited from Sanskrit *पीतामृदिका (pītāmṛdikā) from पीता (pītā), मृद (mṛda)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editपेवड़ी • (pevṛī) f
- yellow chalk
- (by extension) a yellow dye of animal origin
Declension
editDeclension of पेवड़ी (fem ī-stem)
References
edit- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पेवड़ी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pītamr̥dikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press