पियारा

Hindi

See also: प्यारा and प्यार

Alternative forms

प्यारा
पेयारा

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese pera (“pear”). Cognate with Bengali পেয়ারা (peẏara), Malayalam പേര (pēra), Gujarati પેરુ (peru), Marathi पेरू (perū), Swahili pera.

Noun

पियारा • (piyārā) m (Urdu spelling پیارا)

guava
Synonym: अमरूद (amrūd)

Declension

Declension of *पियारा* (masc ā-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	पियारा piyārā	पियारे piyāre
oblique	पियारे piyāre	पियारों piyārõ
vocative	पियारे piyāre	पियारो piyāro

Etymology 2

Inherited from Apabhramsa 𑀧𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀭𑀬 (piyāraya-, “dear”)^[1], Sanskrit प्रियकारा (priyakārā, “agreeable”), from प्रिय (priya) +‎ कार (kāra). By surface analysis, पियार (piyār) +‎ -आ (-ā).

Adjective

पियारा • (piyārā) (Urdu spelling پیارا)

alternative form of प्यारा (pyārā)

References

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “8975”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

[1] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “8975”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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