پھپھی

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Punjabi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

پُھپّھی (phupphīf (Gurmukhi spelling ਫੁੱਫੀ)

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

Declension

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

  • 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