bhiiroó

Phalura

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?

Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *wiHrás

Sanskrit वीर (vīra)

Phalura bhiiroó

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bhiiroó/

Adjective

bhiiroó (Perso-Arabic spelling بِھیرو)

1. male

   Antonym: (of animals) súutri

References

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “bhiiroó”, 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