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Phalura
Etymology
Borrowed from Urdu پُورَا (pūrā, “full, complete”), from Sanskrit पूर (pūra, “filling”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
purá (invariable, Perso-Arabic spelling پُرہ)
- full
- Synonyms: puunǰí, púuntu
- detailed
- complete, enough
- Synonym: mukamál (“complete”)
References
- Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “purá”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7), Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pūra²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press