paruh.
beak
Meaning & usage
beak
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Malay paruh, from Proto-Malayic *paruh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paruq. Compare Old Javanese paru, parö (“nearness, closeness”).
half
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Malay paruh, from either: * Old Javanese paro, parwa (“half”) (modern Javanese ꦥꦫꦺꦴ (paro, “half”)), from Sanskrit पर्व (parva), पर्वन् (parvan, “division, section”). Doublet of parwa and purwa, or * Back-formation from separuh (“half of the beak”, literally “one beak”).
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