Borrowed from Classical Persian فلان (fulān), from Arabic فُلَان (fulān).
فُلاں • (fulā̃) m (Hindi spelling फ़ुलां)
- a designation for something unknown
- so-and-so
- a certain thing or person
- “فلاں”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “فلاں”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.