पेरू

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]
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