आड़ू

Hindi

Etymology

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Proto-Middle Indo-Aryan *𑀆𑀟𑀼 (*āḍu)

Proto-New Indo-Aryan *आडु (āḍu)

Hindi आड़ू

Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *आडु (āḍu, “peach”), a wanderwort of unknown origin. See there for more. Cognate with Classical Persian آلُو (ālū), whence Hindi आलू (ālū). Also cognate within Indo-Aryan with Punjabi ਆੜੂ (āṛū) and Sindhi آڙو (āṛo).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɽuː/, [äː.ɽuː]

• Audio (Delhi):

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• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

आड़ू • (āṛū) m (Urdu spelling آڑو)

1. peach (fruit)

Declension

Declension of आड़ू (masc ū-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आड़ू āṛū	आड़ू āṛū
oblique	आड़ू āṛū	आड़ुओं āṛuõ
vocative	आड़ू āṛū	आड़ुओ āṛuo

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “āḍu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “आड़ू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “आड़ू”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• “आड़ू”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.