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noun
A substance obtained from cow urine and used in making the pigment Indian yellow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, uncountable
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noun
Alternative form of peri (“supernatural being in Persian and Indian folklore”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
A measure of land said to be equivalent to about 3 acres.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India
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History
Borrowed from Hindi पेवड़ी (pevṛī, “yellow chalk; a yellow dye”) or from the variant पियूड़ी (piyūṛī).
Borrowed from Manipuri ꯄꯔꯤ (pari)
