फाड़ी

Hindi

Alternative forms

• फाली (phālī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Punjabi ਫਾੜੀ (phāṛī), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀨𑀸𑀮 (*phāla, “slice”). Cognate with Bengali ফালি (phali).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pʰɑː.ɽiː/, [pʰäː.ɽiː]

Noun

फाड़ी • (phāṛī) f

1. slice, piece (of a food)

   Synonym: खाप (khāp)

   आम की फाड़ी ― ām kī phāṛī ― a slice of mango

Declension

Declension of फाड़ी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	फाड़ी phāṛī	फाड़ियाँ phāṛiyā̃
oblique	फाड़ी phāṛī	फाड़ियों phāṛiyõ
vocative	फाड़ी phāṛī	फाड़ियो phāṛiyo

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*phāla²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press