ফালুদা

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فالوده (fālūda), reborrowed from Arabic فَالُودَة (fālūda), from Middle Persian [script needed] (pʾlwtk' /⁠pālūdag⁠/, “starch jelly, flummery”, past participle), nominalized from [script needed] (pʾlwtn' /⁠pālūdan⁠/, “to strain, filter, purify”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *para-dā́wati. Cognate with Hindustani فالوده / फ़ालूदा (fālūdā), Gujarati ફાલુદા (phāludā), Punjabi ਫ਼ਲੂਦਾ (falūdā), Sindhi فالودو (fālūdo).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /falud̪a/, [ˈfalud̪aˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /falud̪a/, [ˈfalud̪aˑ]

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Noun

ফালুদা • (phaluda)

1. falooda

   ফিরে এল হাতে এক খানা ফালুদা নিয়ে

   phire el hate ek khana phaluda niẏe

   he/she returned with one portion of falooda in his/her hand

   - Syed Mujtaba Ali

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “ফালুদা” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “ফালুদা” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh