Nehru

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi नेहरू (nehrū).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneɪru/, enPR: nāʹro͞oʹ
• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛru/
• Rhymes: -uː

Proper noun

Nehru (plural Nehrus)

1. A surname from Hindi.
   1. Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India.

Derived terms

• Nehruvian

Translations

surname Nehru

• Amharic: ነህሩ (nähru)
• Arabic: نَهْرُو (nahrū)
• Armenian: Նեհրու (Nehru)
• Bengali: নেহরু (nehoru)
• Bulgarian: Неру m or f (Neru)
• Burmese: နေရူး (neru:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尼赫魯／尼赫鲁 (zh) (Níhèlǔ)

• Georgian: ნეჰრუ (nehru)
• Greek: Νεχρού (el) (Nechroú)
• Gujarati: નેહરુ (nehru)
• Hebrew: נהרו
• Hindi: नेहरू (nehrū)
• Japanese: ネルー (Nerū)
• Kannada: ನೆಹರು (neharu)
• Korean: 네루 (neru)
• Malayalam: നെഹ്‌റു (neh‌ṟu)
• Marathi: नेहरू (nehrū)
• Nepali: नेहरू (neharū)
• Odia: ନେହେରୁ (neheru)
• Punjabi: ਨਹਿਰੂ (nahirū)
• Russian: Неру (Neru)
• Sindhi: نهرو
• Tamil: நேரு (nēru)
• Telugu: నెహ్రూ (nehrū)
• Thai: เนห์รู
• Urdu: نہرو (Nehrū)

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Nehru is the 214590^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 92 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nehru”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 656.