पेशवा

See also: पिशवी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پیشوا (pēšvā), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (pyšʾwpʾd /⁠pēšōbāy⁠/, “leader, vanguard”). Compare Punjabi ਪੇਸ਼ਵਾ (peśvā) / پیشوا (peśoā), Gujarati પેશવા (peśvā), Bengali পেশওয়া (peśōẇa), Telugu పీష్వా (pīṣvā), Kannada ಪೇಷ್ವೆ (pēṣve), Tamil பேஷ்வா (pēṣvā), Malayalam പേഷ്വ (pēṣva).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /peːʃ.ʋɑː/, [peːʃ.ʋäː]

Noun

पेशवा • (peśvā) m (Urdu spelling پیشوا)

1. a Peshwa (historical prime minister of the Maratha Empire)

Declension

Declension of पेशवा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पेशवा peśvā	पेशवे peśve
oblique	पेशवे peśve	पेशवों peśvõ
vocative	पेशवे peśve	पेशवो peśvo

Derived terms

• पेशवाई (peśvāī)

References

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

Marathi

Etymology

पुल्लिंग (pulliṅga): पेशवा m (peśvā)
स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅga): पेशवीण f (peśvīṇ)

Borrowed from Classical Persian پیشوا (pēšvā), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (pyšʾwpʾd /⁠pēšōbāy⁠/, “leader, vanguard”).

Noun

पेशवा • (peśvā) m

1. a Peshwa (historical prime minister of the Maratha Empire)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “पेशवा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “पेशवा”, 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) “पेशवा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).