phakh

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Romani[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀓𑁆𑀔 (pakkha), from Sanskrit पक्ष (pakṣa). Cognate with Hindi पंख (paṅkh) and Bengali পাখা (pakha).

Noun[edit]

phakh f (nominative plural phaka)

  1. wing

References[edit]

  • Marcel Courthiade (1989) “The Formation of the Plural of Feminine Nouns [f-pl-A]”, in Geoff Husič, transl., Romani Grammar[1], e-book edition, volumes 1: General Information, Phonology, and Morphology, Lawrence, Kansas, published 2019, →OCLC, page 57
  • Marcel Courthiade (2009) “i/e phakh, -a- ʒ. -a, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 292ab