پھپھی

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Punjabi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit *फुप्फु (*phupphu). Cognate with Urdu پُھپّو (phuppo).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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پُھپّھی (phupphīf (Gurmukhi spelling ਫੁੱਫੀ)

  1. aunt (father's sister).
    Synonym: بُھوا (bhūā)

Declension

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Declension of پھپھی
dir. sg. پُھپّھی (phupphī)
dir. pl. پُھپّھِیاں (phupphīyāṉ)
singular plural
direct پُھپّھی (phupphī) پُھپّھِیاں (phupphīyāṉ)
oblique پُھپّھی (phupphī) پُھپّھِیاں (phupphīyāṉ)
vocative پُھپّھِیے (phupphiye) پُھپّھِیو (phupphīv)
ablative پُھپّھِیوں (phupphīvṉ) پُھپّھِیاں (phupphīyāṉ)
locative
instrumental

Further reading

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  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پھُپھّی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਫੁੱਫੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*phupphu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press