phaaṭuríi
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Phalura
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Sanskrit *फट्टिङ्ग (phaṭṭiṅga, “ep. of divine (flying) things; bird (m)”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]phaaṭuríi f (Perso-Arabic spelling پھاٹُری)
- butterfly
Inflection
[edit]a-decl (Obl, pl): -a
References
[edit]- Liljegren, Henrik, Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “phaaṭuríi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press