bhíiru

Phalura

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?

Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *wiHrás

Sanskrit वीर (vīra)

Phalura bhíiru

Inherited from Sanskrit वीर (vīra, “man, hero, son; male of an animal”). Doublet of bhiiroó (“male”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bhíiro/

Noun

bhíiru m (Perso-Arabic spelling بِھیروۡ)

1. he-goat

Declension

Declension of bhíiru (a-decl)
	singular	plural
nominative	bhíiru	bhíira
oblique	bhíira	bhíiram

References

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “bhíiru”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vīrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 697