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Etymology

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Inherited from Malay firus (turquoise), from Persian فیروزه (firuze, turquoise), پیروزه (piruze), from Middle Persian *pērōzag, from 𐭯𐭩𐭫𐭥𐭰 (pērōz, victorious).[1]

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Noun

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pirus (plural pirus-pirus, first-person possessive pirusku, second-person possessive pirusmu, third-person possessive pirusnya)

  1. turquoise:
    1. a sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.
    2. a pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone.
      pirus:  
      Synonym: biru pirus

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  1. ^ Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144

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Latin

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Etymology

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See pirum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pirus f (genitive pirī); second declension

  1. a pear-tree

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pirus pirī
Genitive pirī pirōrum
Dative pirō pirīs
Accusative pirum pirōs
Ablative pirō pirīs
Vocative pire pirī

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Descendants

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  • Translingual (binominal nomenclature): Pyrus
  • Aromanian: per
  • Italian: pero
  • Romanian: păr
  • Sicilian: piru
  • Spanish: pero
  • Tashelhit: tafirast

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  • pĭrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pirus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pirus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • pirus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • pirus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
  • pirus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pirus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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