पेरू

See also: पर, पुर, पुरु, पुर्, पूर, and पैर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from English Peru, from Spanish Perú.

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /peː.ɾuː/

Proper noun

पेरू • (perū) m

Peru (a country in South America)

Declension

Declension of *पेरू* (sg-only masc ū-stem)
	singular
direct	पेरू perū
oblique	पेरू perū
vocative	पेरू perū

See also

countries in South America: दक्षिण अमेरिका के देश (dakṣiṇ amerikā ke deś) (appendix)edit

अर्जेंटीना (arjẽṭīnā)
इक्वाडोर (ikvāḍor)
उरुग्वे (urugve)
कोलम्बिया (kolambiyā)
गयाना (gayānā)
चिली (cilī)
पेरू (perū)
पैराग्वे (pairāgve)
बोलीविया (bolīviyā)
ब्राज़ील (brāzīl)
वेनेज़ुएला (venezuelā)
सूरीनाम (sūrīnām)

Marathi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pe.ɾu/, [pe.ɾuː]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese pera (“pear”). Compare Gujarati પેરુ (peru), Bengali পেয়ারা (peẏara), Malayalam പേര (pēra), Swahili pera, Ngazidja Comorian pera.

Noun

पेरू • (perū) m

guava

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English Peru.

Proper noun

पेरू • (perū) m

Peru (a country in South America)