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Phalura
Etymology
From Sanskrit कण्टक (kaṇṭaka, “thorn; anything pointed”).
Pronunciation
Noun
káaṇḍu m (Perso-Arabic spelling کانڈوۡ)
- thorn
Inflection
a-decl (Obl, pl): -a
References
- Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “káaṇḍu”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7), Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “káaṇḍu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press