पखेरू

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *पक्षिरूप (*pakṣirūpa), from पक्षि (pakṣi, “bird”) +‎ रूप (rūpa, “form”). Cognate with Gujarati પંખેરું (paṅkherũ), Marathi पाखरू (pākhrū).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /pə.kʰeː.ɾuː/, [pɐ.kʰeː.ɾuː]

Noun

पखेरू • (pakherū) m (Urdu spelling پکھیرو)

bird
Synonyms: (more common) चिड़िया (ciṛiyā), पंछी (pañchī), पक्षी (pakṣī), परिंदा (parindā)

Declension

Declension of *पखेरू* (masc ū-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	पखेरू pakherū	पखेरू pakherū
oblique	पखेरू pakherū	पखेरुओं pakheruõ
vocative	पखेरू pakherū	पखेरुओ pakheruo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पखेरू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pakṣirūpa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press