pirus
Indonesian
Etymology
From Persian فیروزه (firuze, “turquoise”), پیروزه (piruze), from Middle Persian *pērōzag, from 𐭯𐭩𐭫𐭥𐭰 (pērōz, “victorious”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpirʊs/
- Hyphenation: pi‧rus
- Rhymes: -rʊs, -ʊs, -s
Noun
pirus (plural pirus-pirus, first-person possessive pirusku, second-person possessive pirusmu, third-person possessive pirusnya)
- turquoise
References
- Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018), “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation, page 117-144
Further reading
- “pirus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Etymology
See pirum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpi.rus/, [ˈpɪrʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpi.rus/, [ˈpiːrus]
Noun
pirus f (genitive pirī); second declension
- a pear-tree
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pirus | pirī |
| Genitive | pirī | pirōrum |
| Dative | pirō | pirīs |
| Accusative | pirum | pirōs |
| Ablative | pirō | pirīs |
| Vocative | pire | pirī |
Synonyms
- (a pear-tree): pirārius (Medieval Latin)
Derived terms
- pirārium (Medieval Latin)
Related terms
- pirum
Descendants
- Translingual (binominal nomenclature): Pyrus
- Aromanian: per
- Italian: pero
- Romanian: păr
- Sicilian: piru
- Spanish: pero
- Tashelhit: tafirast
References
- “pĭrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pirus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pirus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- pirus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “pirus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- “pirus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “pirus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Further reading
pyrus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la