ফুর্তি

Bengali

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 Hindi फुर्ती (phurtī), Punjabi ਫੁਰਤੀ (phurtī), Nepali फुर्ति (phurti).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /pʰuɾt̪i/, [ˈpʰuɾt̪iˑ]
• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /fuɹt̪i/, [ˈfuɹt̪iˑ]
• (Vanga) IPA^(key): /ɸuɾt̪i/, [ˈɸuɾt̪iˑ], [ˈɸuɹt̪iˑ]

Noun

ফুর্তি • (phurti)

1. fun, delight, amusement, merriment

   Synonyms: মজা (moja), আনন্দ (anndo), আমোদ (amōd), ইয়ার্কি (iẏarki)

   আজকে আমরা সকলে মিলে ফুর্তি করব।

   ajoke amra śokole mile phurti korbo.

   Today we are going to have fun together.

Derived terms

• ফুর্তি করা (phurti kora)
• ফুর্তিবাজ (phurtibaj)

References

• Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎^[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 512