pardau
English
Noun
pardau (plural pardaus)
- Alternative form of pardo.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- pardao (obsolete)
Etymology
From Sanskrit प्रताप (pratāpa), which was written on the coins.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /paʁˈdaw/ [paɦˈdaʊ̯]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /paɾˈdaw/ [paɾˈdaʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /paʁˈdaw/ [paʁˈdaʊ̯]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /paɻˈdaw/ [paɻˈdaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐɾˈdaw/ [pɐɾˈðaw]
- Rhymes: -aw
- Homophone: pardal (Brazil)
- Hyphenation: par‧dau
Noun
pardau m (plural pardaus)
- (historical) the pardo, a coin formerly used in India
Further reading
- “pardau”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “pardau”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026