As a Hindi name
पेरा · noun · masculine
एक प्रकार की मिट्टी जिससे दीवार, घर इत्यादि पोतने का काम लिया जाता है । इसका रंग कुछ पीलापन लिए होता है । पोतनी मिट्टी — Śabdasāgara
पेरा · noun · masculine
एक प्रकार का तंत्रवाद्य जो खरमुख के आकार सका होता था — Śabdasāgara
पेरा · perā · s.f.
A kind of musical instrument — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 298
Cited formation "पेरा" is प + -एरा: प means "the twenty-first consonant in Hindi", and the suffix -एरा forms abstract or agent nouns and adjectives. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(15) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "पेरा" is पना + -एरा: पना means "Aam panna; a refreshing summer drink made from raw mango pulp", and the suffix -एरा forms abstract or agent nouns and adjectives. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(15) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "पेरा" is प + -एरा: प means "the twenty-first consonant in Hindi", and the suffix -एरा forms 'belonging to', 'dealing in' (nouns and adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(9) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a kind of musical instrument
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Dictionary citations
perā f. a kind of musical instrument, Bhaṭṭ.
perā A kind of musical instrument; Bk. 17. 7.
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