As a Hindi name
भीरु · adj
डरपोक । कायर । बुजदिल । कादर — Śabdasāgara
भीरु · noun · feminine
शतावरी । कंटकारी । भटकटैया · बकरी · छाया — Śabdasāgara
भीरु · bhīru · s.m.
f. See bhīrū — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 199
भीरु · bhīru · adj.
f. Fearful, timid, cowardly; shy — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 199
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a jackal, (cf. pheru)
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Dictionary citations
bhīru mf(ū or u)n. fearful, timid, cowardly, afraid of (abl. or comp.), RV. &c. &c.
(with paratra) dreading the beyond or the hereafter, Yājñ., Sch. (ifc. expressive of blame, Gaṇar. on Pāṇ. ii, 1, 53)
bhīru m. a jackal, L. (cf. pheru)
a tiger, L.
various kinds of fish, L.
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