रफ़ू

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian رفو (rafū), from Arabic رَفْو (rafw).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɾə.fuː/, [ɾɐ.fuː], /ɾə.pʰuː/, [ɾɐ.pʰuː]

Noun

रफ़ू • (rafū) m (Urdu spelling رفو)

1. darning,stitching,mending
   • 1751 – 1844, Mashafi :

     'मुसहफ़ी' हम तो ये समझे थे कि होगा कोई ज़ख़्म
     तेरे दिल में तो बहुत काम रफ़ू का निकला

     'musahfī' ham to ye samjhe the ki hogā koī zaxma
     tere dil mẽ to bahut kām rafū kā niklā

     Mushafi, I thought that there would be a wound [in your heart]
     [but] your heart turned out to have a lot of mends

Declension

Declension of रफ़ू (masc ū-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रफ़ू rafū	रफ़ू rafū
oblique	रफ़ू rafū	रफ़ुओं rafuõ
vocative	रफ़ू rafū	रफ़ुओ rafuo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “रफ़ू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press