پھل

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Paisaci Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit फुल्ल (phulla). Cognate with Urdu پُھول (phūl) / Hindi फूल (phūl).

Pronunciation

Noun

پُھلّ • (phull) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਫੁੱਲ)

  1. flower

Declension
Declension of پھل
dir. sg. پُھلّ (phull)
dir. pl. پُھلّ (phull)
singular plural
direct پُھلّ (phull) پُھلّ (phull)
oblique پُھلّ (phull) پُھلّاں (phullāṉ)
vocative پُھلّا (phullā) پُھلّو (phullo)
ablative پُھلّوں (phulloṉ) —
locative پُھلّے (phulle) پُھلِّیں (phulliīṉ)
instrumental پُھلّے (phulle) پُھلِّیں (phulliīṉ)

Further reading
  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پھُل”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • “ਫੁੱਲ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “phulla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 511

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀨𑀮 (phala), from Sanskrit फल (phála), borrowed from Proto-Dravidian *paẓam (“ripe fruit”).

Pronunciation

Noun

پَھل • (phal) m (Hindi spelling फल)

  1. (chiefly) fruit
    Synonym: ثمر (samar)
  2. (figuratively) reward

Declension
Declension of پھل
singular plural
direct پھل (phal) پھل (phal)
oblique پھل (phal) پھلوں (phalō̃)
vocative پھل (phal) پھلو (phalō)

References
  • “پھل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “پھل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Ushojo

Noun

پھل (phal)

  1. a type of poetry
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