Konkani

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese Pedro.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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पेद्रु (pedru) (Latin script Pedru, Kannada script ಪೆದ್ರು)

  1. (Christianity) Peter (Biblical figure)
  2. a male given name from Portuguese, of Konkani Catholic usage, equivalent to English Peter

References

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  • Angelus Francis Xavier Maffei (1883) An English-Konkani Dictionary: And A Konkani-English Dictionary[1], Mangalore: Basel Mission Press
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