پھپھیرا

Punjabi

Etymology

From پُھپّھیر (phuppher), from Sanskrit *फुप्फु (*phupphu).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /pʰʊ.pʰeː.ɾäː/
• Rhymes: -äː

Noun

پُھپھیرا • (phupherā) m (female equivalent پُھپھیری, Gurmukhi spelling ਫੁਫੇਰਾ)

1. cousin (son of aunt; father's sister)

Declension

Declension of پھپھیرا

	singular	plural
direct	پُھپھیرا (phupherā)	پُھپھیرے (phuphere)
oblique	پُھپھیرے (phuphere)	پُھپھیریاں (phuphereyāṉ)
vocative	پُھپھیریا (phuphereyā)	پُھپھیریو (phuphereyo)
ablative	پُھپھیریوں (phuphereyoṉ)	—
locative	پُھپھیرے (phuphere)	پُھپھیرِیں (phupherīṉ)
instrumental	پُھپھیرے (phuphere)	پُھپھیرِیں (phupherīṉ)

Further reading

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