फुसफुस

Hindi

Etymology

Reduplication of Ashokan Prakrit *𑀨𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁆 (*phuss, “hissing, whispering”).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /pʰʊs.pʰʊs/

Noun

फुसफुस • (phusphus) f (Urdu spelling پھسپھس)

  1. whisper, hissing

Declension
Declension of फुसफुस (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct फुसफुस
phusphus		 फुसफुसें
phusphusẽ
oblique फुसफुस
phusphus		 फुसफुसों
phusphusõ
vocative फुसफुस
phusphus		 फुसफुसो
phusphuso

Derived terms
  • फुसफुसाना (phusphusānā, “to whisper”)
  • फुसफुसाहट (phusphusāhaṭ), फुसफुसावट (phusphusāvaṭ, “whispering”)

References
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “phuss”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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