पीरू

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese peru. Alternatively, from Persian پیل مرغ (pil morğ, literally “elephant chicken”) (compare modern فیل‌مرغ (fil-morğ)).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /piː.ɾuː/

Noun

पीरू • (pīrū) m (Urdu spelling پیرو)

1. turkey

   Synonym: टर्की (ṭarkī)

Declension

Declension of पीरू (masc ū-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पीरू pīrū	पीरू pīrū
oblique	पीरू pīrū	पीरुओं pīruõ
vocative	पीरू pīrū	पीरुओ pīruo

Alternative forms

• पीलू (pīlū)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पीरू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press