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Gujarati
Etymology
Ashokan Prakrit 𑀨𑀮 (phala) Gujarati ફળ (phaḷ)
Inherited from Old Gujarati फल (phala), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀨𑀮 (phala), from Sanskrit फल (phála), ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *paẓam (“ripe fruit”). Doublet of ફલ (phal). Cognate with Assamese and Bengali ফল (phol), Hindi and Nepali फल (phal) and Marathi and Marwari फळ (phaḷ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ફળ • (phaḷ) n
- fruit
- result, outcome
- (mathematics) function
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “phála”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press