फराळ

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘣𑘨𑘰𑘯 (pharāḷa), from Sanskrit फलाहार (phalāhāra). Compare Konkani फराळ (pharāḷ) / follar / ಫರಾಳ್ (pharāḷ), Gujarati ફરાળ (pharāḷ), Hindustani پَھلَار (phalār) / फलार (phalār), Odia ଫଳାହାର (phôḷaharô), Marwari फराळ (pharāḷ), Old Punjabi ਫਲੋਹਾਰੁ (phalohāru), Maithili फलार (phalār) / 𑒤𑒪𑒰𑒩 (phalāra), Bengali ফলার (pholar), Middle Bengali ফলার (pholar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰə.ɾaɭ̆/

Noun

फराळ • (pharāḷ) m

1. snack (especially during a fast)

Descendants

• → Kannada: ಫರಾಳ (pharāḷa), ಫಳಾರ (phaḷāra), ಪಳಾರ (paḷāra)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “फराळ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 97.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “फराळ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 549
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “फराळ”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 2164.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “phalāhāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 509