गेरू

गेरू

Hindi

Etymology

From Sauraseni Prakrit, from Sanskrit गैरिका (gairikā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeː.ɾuː/

Noun

गेरू • (gerū) m or f

1. ochre (a natural soil pigment; a colour)

   मेरा मकान गेरू-रंग वाला है।

   merā makān gerū-raṅg vālā hai.

   My house is the ochre-coloured one.

Derived terms

• गेरुआ (geruā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “गेरू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press