پھل

Punjabi

Etymology 1

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀨𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮 (phulla), from Sanskrit फुल्ल (phulla). Cognate with Hindustani پُھول (phūl) / फूल (phūl).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /pʰʊlːə̆/, [pʰŏlːə̆]
• (India) IPA^(key): [fʊlːə̆]

Noun

پُھلّ • (phull) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਫੁੱਲ)

1. flower

Declension

Declension of پھل

	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	پُھلّوں (phulloṉ)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “پھُل”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz], page 162
• “ਫੁੱਲ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “phulla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 511

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Dravidian *paẓamder.?

Sanskrit फल (phala)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀨𑀮 (phala)

Prakrit 𑀨𑀮 (phala)

Punjabi پَھل

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀨𑀮 (phala), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀨𑀮 (phala), from Sanskrit फल (phala), possibly from Proto-Dravidian *paẓam. Cognate with Hindustani پَھل (phal) / फल (phal).

Noun

پَھل • (phal) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਫਲ)

1. fruit
2. consequence; outcome

Declension

Declension of پھل

	singular	plural
direct	پَھل (phal)	پَھل (phal)
oblique	پَھل (phal)	پَھلاں (phalāṉ)
vocative	پَھلا (phalā)	پَھلو (phalo)
ablative	پَھلوں (phaloṉ)	—
locative	پَھلے (phale)	پَھلِیں (phalīṉ)
instrumental	پَھلوں (phaloṉ)	–

Further reading

• Bashir, Kanwal (2012), “پھل¹”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press, page 162
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “پھل”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz], page 667
• “ਫਲ਼”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “phála¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 508

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Hindi پھل (phl /⁠phal⁠/) (c. 1518), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀨𑀮 (phala), from Sanskrit फल (phála), borrowed from Proto-Dravidian *paẓam (“ripe fruit”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pʰəl/
• Rhymes: -əl

Noun

پَھل • (phal) m (Hindi spelling फल)

1. fruit

   Synonym: ثَمَر (samar)

2. (figuratively) reward
3. (figuratively) consequence
4. (figuratively) benefit

Declension

Declension of پھل

	singular	plural
direct	پَھل (phal)	پَھل (phal)
oblique	پَھل (phal)	پَھلوں (phalõ)
vocative	پَھل (phal)	پَھلو (phalo)

Further reading

• “پھل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.

Ushojo

Noun

پھل (phal)

1. a type of poetry