pirus

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay firus (“turquoise”), from Persian فیروزه (firuze, “turquoise”), پیروزه (piruze), from Middle Persian *pērōzag, from 𐭯𐭩𐭫𐭥𐭰 (pērōz, “victorious”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpirus/ [ˈpi.rʊs]
• Rhymes: -irus
• Syllabification: pi‧rus

Noun

pirus (plural pirus-pirus)

1. turquoise:
   1. a sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone
   2. a pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone

      pirus:  

      Synonyms: biru pirus, toska

Further reading

• “pirus”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Etymology

See pirum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɪ.rʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpiː.rus]

Noun

pirus f (genitive pirī); second declension

1. a pear-tree
   • :

     Perdīx in pirō

     A partridge in a pear tree

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pirus	pirī
genitive	pirī	pirōrum
dative	pirō	pirīs
accusative	pirum	pirōs
ablative	pirō	pirīs
vocative	pire	pirī

Synonyms

• (a pear-tree): pirārius (Medieval Latin)

Derived terms

• pirārium (Medieval Latin)
• ⇒ Pyrola

Related terms

• pirum

Descendants

• Translingual (binominal nomenclature): Pyrus
• Aromanian: per
• Italian: pero
• Romanian: păr
• Sicilian: piru
• Spanish: pero

Borrowings

• → Proto-Berber:
  • Atlas:
    • Tashelhit: tafirast
    • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⵉⴼⵉⵔⵙⵜ (tifirst)
    • Senhaja de Srair: tafirast
  • Zenati:
    • Tarifit: tafirast

References

• “pĭrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pirus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "pirus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “pirus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• “pirus”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “pirus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “pirus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Further reading

• pyrus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la

Portuguese

Noun

pirus

1. plural of piru