Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *peljä ‎(“ear”). Cognates include Khanty пӑԓ ‎(păḷ), Mansi паль, Hungarian fül, Komi-Zyrian пель ‎(pelʹ), Udmurt пель ‎(pelʹ), Western Mari пӹлӹш ‎(pÿlÿš), Erzya пиле ‎(pile), Moksha пиле ‎(pile), Kildin Sami пе̄лльй ‎(pjēllʹj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɤlɤʃ]^[1]