फुगा

Marathi

Etymology

From फुगणे (phugṇe, “to swell or to be inflated”). Compare Gujarati ફુગ્ગો (phuggo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰu.ɡa/

Noun

फुगा • (phugā) m

1. balloon

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “फुगा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “फुगा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “फुगा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).