फूफी

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Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀨𑀻 (pupphī), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀨𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀨𑀻 (*phupphī, “father's sister”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /pʰuː.pʰiː/

Noun

फूफी • (phūphī) f (masculine फूफा, Urdu spelling پُھوپھی)

a father's sister; an aunt
Synonym: बुआ (buā)

Declension

Declension of फूफी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	फूफी phūphī	फूफियाँ phūphiyā̃
oblique	फूफी phūphī	फूफियों phūphiyõ
vocative	फूफी phūphī	फूफियो phūphiyo

References

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*phupphī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Further reading

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “फूफी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “फूफी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
“फूफी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

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