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Phalura
Etymology
Borrowed from Pashto (falaanaey, palaankii), from Persian .
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /falaaŋkí/, /pʰalaaŋkí/
Adjective
falaankí (invariable, Perso-Arabic spelling فلانکیۡ)
- a certain (unnamed) person
- so-and-so
References
- Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “falaankí”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7), Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN