पाखरू
Marathi
Etymology
From Old Marathi पाखिरूं (pākhirūṃ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pakṣirūpa. Compare Gujarati પંખેરું (paṅkherũ), Hindi पखेरू (pakherū).
Noun
पाखरू • (pākhrū) n
Derived terms
- फुलपाखरू (phulpākhrū, “butterfly”)
References
- Berntsen, Maxine, “पाखरू”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “पाखरूं”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “पाखरूं”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
- Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “[1]”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pakṣirūpa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press