पेवड़ी
Hindi
Alternative forms
- पियूड़ी (piyūṛī)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit *पीतमृदिका (*pītamṛdikā) from पीत (pīta, “yellow”), मृद् (mṛd, “earth, clay”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /peːʋ.ɽiː/
Noun
पेवड़ी • (pevṛī) f (Urdu spelling پیوڑی)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | पेवड़ी pevṛī |
पेवड़ियाँ pevṛiyā̃ |
| oblique | पेवड़ी pevṛī |
पेवड़ियों pevṛiyõ |
| vocative | पेवड़ी pevṛī |
पेवड़ियो pevṛiyo |
Descendants
- → English: purree
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पेवड़ी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pītamr̥dikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “پيوڙي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 302