پھل

Punjabi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /pʱʊlːə̆/, [pʱŏlːə̆]
• (India) IPA^(key): [fʊlːə̆]

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

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

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