फोड

See also: फाड़ी, फुडें, फेड़, फोड़, and फोड़ा

Konkani

Etymology

From Maharastri Prakrit 𑀨𑁄𑀟 (phoḍa), from Sanskrit स्फोट (sphoṭa, “boil, abscess; explosion”). Cognate with Marathi फोड (phoḍ), Hindi फोड़ा (phoṛā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foːɖ/

Noun

फोड • (phoḍ) (Latin script fodd, Kannada script ಫೋಡ್)

1. a boil, an abscess

Marathi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰoɖ/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀨𑁄𑀟 (phoḍa), from Sanskrit स्फोट (sphoṭa, “boil, abscess; explosion”). Cognate with Konkani फोड (phoḍ), Hindustani پھوڑَا (phoṛā) / फोड़ा (phoṛā), Punjabi ਫੋੜਾ (phoṛā) / پھوڑا (phoṛā), Sinhalese පොළ (poḷa).

Noun

फोड • (phoḍ) m

1. boil, pimple, abscess

Etymology 2

From फोडणे (phoḍṇe). Compare Gujarati ફોડ (phoḍ), Hindustani پھوڑ (phoṛ) / फोड़ (phoṛ).

Noun

फोड • (phoḍ) f

1. a piece that has been cut, a slice
2. analysis

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “फोड”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “फोड”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sphōṭa²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press