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Phalura
Etymology
From Urdu معاف (mu'āf), معاف (māf), from Persian , from Arabic مُعَافٍ (muʕāfin).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maáf, mwaáf, muaáf/
Noun
maáf f (Perso-Arabic spelling معاف)
- excuse
Inflection
i-decl (Obl, pl): -í
References
- Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “maáf”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7), Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN