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Gujarati
Etymology
Ashokan Prakrit *𑀨𑀺𑀭𑀢𑀺 (*phirati) Gujarati ફરવું (pharvũ)
Inherited from Middle Gujarati फिरिवउं (phirivaüṃ), from Apabhramsa 𑆦𑆴𑆫𑆅 (phiraï), from Prakrit 𑀨𑀺𑀭𑀇 (phiraï), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀨𑀺𑀭𑀢𑀺 (*phirati). Related to ફરી (pharī), ફરીથી (pharīthī).
Pronunciation
Verb
ફરવું • (pharvũ) (intransitive)
- to spin, rotate
- to visit a location, implying a sense of thoroughness of the visit
- to roam free, to go about aimlessly
- to change or reverse, to turn back
Further reading
More information
- “ફરવું”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
- “ફરવું”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
- “ફરવું”, in રેખ્તા ગુજરાતી શબ્દકોશ (rekhtā gujrātī śabdakoś) (in Gujarati), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- “ફરવું”, in गुजराती-हिंदी-अंग्रेज़ी त्रिभाषा कोश (gujrātī-hindī-aṅgrezī tribhāṣā koś) [Gujarati-Hindi-English Trilingual Dictionary] (in Hindi), volume 2, केंद्रीय हिंदी निदेशालय [Central Hindi Directorate], 1989, page 1235
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*phirati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 510