फुर्ती

Hindi

Alternative forms

• फुरती (phurtī)

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्फूर्ति (sphūrti, “quick, strong or rash movement”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *spʰr̥Htiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sp⁽ʰ⁾r̥Htiš, from Proto-Indo-European *spr̥Htis, from *sperH- (“to kick, move quickly or rashly”). Cognate with Punjabi ਫੁਰਤੀ (phurtī), Nepali फुर्ति (phurti), Bengali ফুর্তি (phurti).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pʰʊɾ.t̪iː/

Noun

फुर्ती • (phurtī) f (Urdu spelling پھُرْتِی)

1. activity, liveliness, alertness

   Synonym: चुस्ती (custī)

Declension

Declension of फुर्ती (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	फुर्ती phurtī	फुर्तियाँ phurtiyā̃
oblique	फुर्ती phurtī	फुर्तियों phurtiyõ
vocative	फुर्ती phurtī	फुर्तियो phurtiyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “फुर्ती”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sphuráti¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press