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Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay firus (“turquoise”), from Persian فیروزه (firuze, “turquoise”), پیروزه (piruze), from Middle Persian *pērōzag, from 𐭯𐭩𐭫𐭥𐭰 (pērōz, “victorious”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
pirus (plural pirus-pirus, first-person possessive pirusku, second-person possessive pirusmu, third-person possessive pirusnya)
- turquoise:
- a sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.
- a pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone.
pirus:
- Synonym: biru pirus
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 (in Persian), pages 117-144
Further reading
Latin
Etymology
See pirum.
Pronunciation
Noun
pirus f (genitive pirī); second declension
- a pear-tree
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Synonyms
- (a pear-tree): pirārius (Medieval Latin)
Derived terms
Descendants
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