ਪੈਰ

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀬 (paya) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀭- (-ra-), derived from Sanskrit पद (pada, “foot”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *padám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *padám, from Proto-Indo-European *pedóm, originally meaning 'trace, bottom'.

• IPA^(key): /pɛːɾ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛːɾ

ਪੈਰ • (pair) m (Shahmukhi spelling پیر)

1. foot
2. footing, foothold
3. footprint, footstep
4. podium, base
5. basis, foundation

• (foot): ਪਗ (pag)
• (footprint): ਪਗ ਚਿੰਨ੍ (pag cinn)

• “ਪੈਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਪੈਰ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.